title: Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic relationship analysis of Garrulax affinis (Passeriformes, Timaliidae).
abstract: Garrulax affinis was a medium-sized bird of Timaliidae, and we got its complete mitochondrial genome by the polymerase chain reaction method (PCR). The genome (17 856 in length), it contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA (12S and 16S) genes, 2 tRNA genes, 2 control regions (D-loop). All protein-coding, rRNA, and tRNA genes were similar to other Passeriformes in gene arrangement and composition. In 13 PCGs, 12 were initiated with ATG, only COI was GTG, and stopped by five types of stop codons. We constructed a phylogenetic tree based on 13 PCGs of G. affinis and other nine Timaliidae species, found that the species belong to the same Passeriformes all cluster together.
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University , Ya'an , China and.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: b College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China.
authors.forename: Yanyan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: b College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China.
authors.forename: Yongfang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: b College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: b College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China.
authors.forename: Yulin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University , Ya'an , China and.
authors.forename: Huai-Liang
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D023061:Gene Order; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Garrulax affinis; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic relationship