![Sample our Bioscience journals, sign in here to start your access, Latest two full volumes FREE to you for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5925/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Bioscience.jpg"})
Abstract
The grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum) is an endangered bird species, which is mainly distributed in northern China, Korean Peninsula and Vietnam. In this study, the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of T. hortulorum is determined. The circle genome was 16,759 bp in length and consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 1 control region (D-loop). The mtDNA of T. hortulorum is similar to the typical mtDNA of birds and other vertebrates.
Declaration of interest
This research was funded by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20133424120001), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Fund (No. 1208085MC51), the Innovation Fund of Anhui Normal University (No. 2011cxjj15), the Project of Science and Technology of Yancheng (YKN2011004) and Fund of Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecological Safety in Anhui. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.