Complete mitochondrial genome of the Tristram's Bunting, Emberiza tristrami (Aves: Passeriformes): The first representative of the family Emberizidae with six boxes in the central conserved domain II of control region

Abstract

Mitochondrial genome has proven to be a powerful tool for phylogenetic inference, phylogeography, and molecular evolution. In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of Emberiza tristrami (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) for use in future phylogenetic analyses. This circular mitochondrial genome is 16,789 bp in length and composed of 13 typical protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 1 putative control region (CR). One extra nucleotide “C” of nad3 is not detected in the mitogenome of E. tristrami. The CR of E. tristrami can be divided into three domains: ETAS (extended termination-associated sequence) domain I (nt 1–431), central conserved domain II (nt 432–847), and CSB (conserved sequence block) domain III (nt 848–1217). Six conserved sequence boxes in the central conserved domain II were identified as boxes F, E, D, C, b, and B.

Keywords::

• Mitochondrial genome
• Emberiza tristrami
• Emberizidae
• control region

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Binghua Li and Fang Zhang for assistance, suggestions, and comments.

Declaration of interest: This study was supported by the Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecology Safety in Anhui Province and the Program for Innovative Research Team in Anhui Normal University. This work was supported by the Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of the Anhui Higher Education Institutions (No. KJ2013A127). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.