Complete mitochondrial genome of the ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (Galliformes: Phasianidae). (April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Xifeng; Ren, Qiongqiong; Kan, Xianzhao; Qian, Chaoju; Li, Xixi; Qian, Min
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 24:Number 2(2013:Apr.)
• Page Start: 89
• Page End: 90
• Publication Date: 2013-04
• Subjects: Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; Mitochondrial DNA -- Abnormalities -- Periodicals; Nucleotide sequence -- Periodicals; Gene mapping -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2012.717939
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-1736

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The complete mitochondrial genome of <italic>Phasianus colchicus</italic> is 16, 692 bp in length and composed of 13 typical protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and 1 putative control region. One extra nucleotide "C" is present in <italic>nad3</italic> of <italic>P. colchicus</italic>, which is found in many other birds and is thought not to be translated. All protein-coding, rRNA, and tRNA genes have more than 99.0% nucleotide sequence similarity with the previously reported individual, except for <italic>cox3</italic> and <italic>tRNA</italic>^{<italic>Pro</italic>} genes which has more similarity with <italic>Phasianus versicolor</italic>.</p> </abstract>