The complete mitochondrial genome of brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes)

Abstract

Horornis fortipes has been listed on the IUCN red list of endangered species - Least Concern (LC). In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of H. fortipes by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. The complete mitochondrial genome of H. fortipes is a circular molecule of 16,908 bp in total length, and it contains 13 typical vertebrate protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes (12srRNA, 16srRNA), and 2 control regions. This is the fist complete mitochondrial genome reported in Cettiidae. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Cettiidae diverged earlier than other family except Pycnonotidae, Acrocephalidae, and Pnoepygidae among 15 families within Passeriformes.

Keywords:

• Horornis fortipes
• complete mitochondrial genome
• Cettiidae

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Mr. Guo Cai at Sichuan University for assistance in specimens collection in the field.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research was funded by the National Key Programme of Research and Development, Ministry of Science and Technology [2016YFC0503200].