Next-generation sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Nixi chicken (Gallus gallus)

Abstract

Nixi chicken is a type of Tibetan chickens who lives at high altitudes in China. In this study, we reported the first complete mitochondrial genome of Nixi chicken by using a next-generation sequencing method. The assembled complete mitogenome contains one control region, 2 ribosomal RNAs, 13 protein-coding genes and 22 transfer RNA genes. Our work provides a valuable source of data for the study of the evolution of the Gallus gallus mitochondrial genome and contributes to the Nixi chicken breeding improvement program.

Keywords:

• Nixi chicken
• next-generation sequencing
• mitochondrial genome

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/ with accession number SRR4302064. The complete mitochondrial genome of Nixi chicken (Gallus gallus) is openly available in GenBank at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank with accession number MT773639.

Additional information

Funding

The work was supported by grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 31501000].