title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus (Aves, Falconiformes, Falconidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), the largest of the true falcons, was characterized using next generation sequencing. The mitogenome was 18 218 bp long, and comprised of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA and two non-coding regions; a control region (D-loop) harboring two tandem repeats 80 bp and 56 bp long and a pseudo-control region (ΨD-loop) with a tandem repeat 27 bp long. All genes were encoded on the + strand except ND6 and 8 tRNA genes.
authors.affiliation: a Akureyrarsetur, Icelandic Institute of Natural History , Akureyri , Iceland.|b Department of Life and Environmental Sciences , University of Iceland , Reykjavík , Iceland.
authors.forename: Máney
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sveinsdóttir
authors.affiliation: a Akureyrarsetur, Icelandic Institute of Natural History , Akureyri , Iceland.
authors.forename: Lára
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guðmundsdóttir
authors.affiliation: a Akureyrarsetur, Icelandic Institute of Natural History , Akureyri , Iceland.|c Biomedical Center, University of Iceland , Reykjavik , Iceland.|d Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Akureyri , Akureyri , Iceland.
authors.forename: Kristinn P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Magnússon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D046093:Falconiformes / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008297:Male; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Illumina next generation sequencing; mitogenome; pseudo-control region; tandem repeat