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Mitochondrial DNA Part A
DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Motacilla cinerea (Passeriformes: Motacillidae)

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Pages 3680-3681 | Received 12 Jul 2015, Accepted 29 Jul 2015, Published online: 02 Sep 2015
 

Abstract

Motacilla cinerea is a species of small- and medium-sized songbird in the Family Motacillidae, which is widely distributed. In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of M. cinerea. The result showed that the total length of the mitogenome was 16 825 bp and contained two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, and one control region. All the genes in M. cinerea were distributed on the H-strand, except for the ND6 subunit gene and eight tRNA genes which are encoded on the L-strand. The phylogenetic tree was reconstructed using Bayesian analysis methods, and containing two clades: Motacilla and Anthus. The first lineage is Motacilla including M. cinerea and other nine species. The genus Anthus makes up the second group, which containing 17 species.

Acknowledgements

The authors sincerely thank Tao Pan and Xing Kang for their help in this study.

Declaration of interest

This project was supported by the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20123418120008), Subject Key Teacher by AHAU (2014XKPY-48), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (11040606M77), the Quality Engineering of Education Department, Anhui Provincial (2013ZY019), and Core Foundation for Natural Science of Education Department (KJ2011A129). The authors report that they have no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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