The complete mitochondrial genome of Chrysolophus pictus (Galliformes: Phasianidae) and a phylogenetic analysis with related species

Abstract

The 16,678 bp mitochondrial genome of the Chrysolophus pictus has been sequenced in this paper. To determine the phylogentic position of C. pictus with related species within Phasianidae, the phylogenetic tree was reconstructed with the concatenated nucleotide dataset of the 12 heavy-strand-encoded protein genes. The phylogenetic analysis was carried out using maximum parsimony (MP) and Bayesian inference (BI) methods. MP and BI phylogenetic trees here showed similar topology and consistently suggested that C. pictus shared a close relationship with Phasianus versicolor. The results also showed that the Meleagris gallopavo possessed a basal phylogenetic position within Phasianidae, which may imply that it should be classified into the Phasianidae.

Keywords::

• Chrysolophus pictus
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogeny
• phasianidae

Acknowledgments

We also thank anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments on this paper.

Declaration of interest: This study is supported by the grant from the Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, and the Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education (2010106020710M56). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.