Mitochondrial genome of the Emberiza cioides (Emberizidae: Emberiza)

Abstract

Emberiza cioides is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae. The complete mitochondrial genome of E. cioides was obtained for the first time. The circular genome (16,765 bp in length) consists of 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes) and 1 control region. Except for 8 tRNA genes and ND6 gene, all the genes were distributed in plus strand which were identical to those of most vertebrates.

• Emberiza cioides
• genome
• mitochondrion

Acknowledgements

We sincerely thank Xin Huang, Baojuan Yang, Wenling Zhou, Liangheng Yan, Tao Song, Ling Ding, Hui Wang, Xia Luo and Xiaoxue Zhu for their help in this study.

Declaration of interest

This project was funded by Foundation for Graduate Student Academic Innovation Research Project of Anhui University (01001770-10117700140). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.