Mitochondrial genome of the Anas acuta (Anatidae: Anas)

Abstract

The Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a common large duck with widely geographic distribution. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of A. acuta (16,599 bp in length) was been analyzed for building the database. Similar to the typical mtDNA of vertebrates, it contained 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes) and a non-coding region (D-loop). All the genes in A. acuta were distributed on the H-strand, except for the ND6 subunit gene and 10 tRNA genes which were encoded on the L-strand.

• Anas acuta
• genome
• mitochondrion

Acknowledgements

We sincerely thank Xin Huang, Baojuan Yang, 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.