title: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri).
abstract: The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the largest living species of penguin. Herein, we first reported the complete mitochondrial genome of emperor penguin. The mitochondrial genome is a circular molecule of 17 301 bp in length, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA, and one control region. To verify the accuracy and the utility of new determined mitogenome sequences, we constructed the species phylogenetic tree of emperor penguin together with 10 other closely species. This is the second complete mitochondrial genome of penguin, and this is going to be an important data to study mitochondrial evolution of birds.
authors.affiliation: a BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , China and.|b BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , China.
authors.forename: Qiwu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: a BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , China and.|b BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: a BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , China and.|b BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.affiliation: b BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , China.
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030161:Avian Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D019901:Locus Control Region; D010802:Phylogeny; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D046429:Spheniscidae / Q000235:genetics*; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
chemical_list: D030161:Avian Proteins; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Aptenodytes forsteri; complete mitochondrial genome; emperor penguin; mitogenome