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Abstract
The population of blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur, from Helan Mountain in China is considered as a new subspecies. We first determined and annotated its complete mitochondrial genome. The mitogenome is 16,795 bp in length, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and a control region. As in other mammals, most mitochondrial genes are encoded on the heavy strand, except for ND6 and eight tRNA genes, which are encoded on the light strand. Its overall base composition is A: 33.2%, T: 26.6%, C: 26.8% and G: 13.3%. The complete mitogenome of the new subspecies of P. nayaur could provide an important data to further explore the taxonomic status of the subspecies.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article. This research was funded by the Research Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 113054A), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-06-07), National Natural Science Foundation of China (30970335), Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Scholars, Ministry of Education of China (20091001-9-9) and Supporting Program for the Distinguished Young Scholars Subject of Sichuan Province (09ZQ026-044).