The complete mitochondrial genome of Phoenicurus frontalis (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae)

Abstract

The Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis (Muscicapidae) belongs to the family Muscicapidae, distributed in central China, Qinghai-Tibet plateau and the Himalayas. The conservation status of this species is Least Concern (LC) in IUCN. In this study, the complete mitogenome of P. frontalis was determined. The mitogenome is a circular molecule of 16,776 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosome RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 1 non-coding region. We reconstructed a phylogenetic tree based on Bayesian inference for 15 Passeriformes species. The new mitogenome data would provide useful information for application in conservation genetics and further clarify the phylogenetic evolution of this species.

Keywords:

• Phoenicurus frontalis
• complete mitochondrial genome
• evolutionary relationships

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, Nan Yang, upon reasonable request. The data are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, reference number MT360379.

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Funding

This work was supported by Sichuan International Science and Technology Exchange and Cooperation Project [20GJHZ0245]; The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Southwest Minzu University for Nationalities [2019XMJXPY07]; Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Adaptation of two Partridge [31970395].