title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Downy woodpecker, Picoides pubescens (Piciformes: Picidae).
abstract: The Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) is a species of woodpecker which is the smallest in North America. This present study firstly reported the complete mitochondrial genome of downy woodpecker. We performed assembly of mitogenome structural by SPAdes and the Picidae species Dryocopus pileatus act as a reference. The mitogenome was 16 840 bp in length, which contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs and 1 putative misc-feature region. The overall AT content is 52.76% which is higher than GC. To approve the accuracy of new determined mitogenome sequences, a phylogenetic tree of downy woodpecker together with other nine closely species was established by 12 protein-coding genes. This first complete mitogenome of Picoides species will contribute to identify species and study the related evolution events.
authors.affiliation: a BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , P.R. China and.|b BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , P.R. China and.|b BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: b BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: b BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shida
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001717:Birds / Q000235:genetics*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D023061:Gene Order; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Downy woodpecker; Picoides; Picoides pubescens; mitogenome