The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Centropus bengalensis (Lesser Coucal)

Abstract

We first reported the mitochondrial genome of Centropus bengalensis. The mitogenome of C. bengalensis contains 17,117 base pairs. The overall base composition of complete mitogenome is 28.15% A, 27.95% T, 21.86% C, and 22.04% G, with 43.90% of the GC content. All genes exhibit the typical mitochondrial gene arrangement and transcribing directions. Phylogenetic analysis of 4 Centropus species was performed based on the sequence of cytochrome b gene using the neighbor-joining method and the Kimura 2-parameter model in MEGA 7.0.

Keywords:

• Centropus bengalensis
• Lesser Coucal
• mitogenome

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The sequence has been submitted to NCBI under the accession no. MN996304.

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Funding

This study was funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Nanjing Forest Police College [No. LGZD202003] and the Pre-research Project of Nanjing Forest-police College [No. LGY201601].