title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the green-backed tit Parus monticolus (Passeriformes: Paridae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the green-backed tit Parus monticolus was assembled from Illumina sequencing reads. The genome is 16 771 bp long, and harbors 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and one control region. All PCGs are initiated with the ATG codon except for COX1 with GTG as its start codon. Five distinct types of stop codons are inferred, i.e. AGA (ND1 and ND5), AGG (COX1), TAA (ATP6, ATP8, COX2, ND3 and ND4L), TAG (ND6), and the incomplete codon T/TA (COX3, CYTB, ND2 and ND4). The 22 tRNAs range in size from 66 to 75 bp. The 12S and 16S rRNAs are 982 and 1601 bp long, respectively, and are separated by tRNA-Val gene. The putative control region is located between tRNA-Glu and tRNA-Phe with a length of 1187 bp. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that this species is closely related to its congener P. major.
authors.affiliation: a Sichuan Institute Key Laboratory for Protecting Endangered Birds in the Southwest Mountains, College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University , Leshan , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Longying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: a Sichuan Institute Key Laboratory for Protecting Endangered Birds in the Southwest Mountains, College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University , Leshan , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yiqiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: a Sichuan Institute Key Laboratory for Protecting Endangered Birds in the Southwest Mountains, College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University , Leshan , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: a Sichuan Institute Key Laboratory for Protecting Endangered Birds in the Southwest Mountains, College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University , Leshan , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Bird; Illumina sequencing; mitogenomics; next-generation sequencing (NGS); phylogeny