The complete mitochondrial genome of the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla (Passeriformes: Fringillidae) from Maor Mountain, China

Abstract

The Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) (Linnaeus 1758) is a member of the Passeriformes family of birds and primarily feeds on grass seeds and grains. Muscle tissue was collected from birds sampled from Moar Mountain, China, and the complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced. Its mitochondrial genome consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 22 tRNA genes, and 1 control region (CR). The genome comprises 30.30% A, 23.32% T, 14.31% G, and 32.07% C bases. Phylogenetically, F. montifringilla is closely related to the Fringilla coelebs, Fringilla teydea teydea and Fringilla polatzeki.

Keywords:

• Complete mitochondrial genome
• Fringilla montifringilla
• Brambling

Ethical approval

The study was approved by the institutional review board of Northeast Forestry University, Heilongjiang, China. The collection of bird muscle tissue was conducted following the guidelines provided by the Northeast Forestry University and the Heilongjiang province regulations under reference number YQ202106. Field studies complied with Heilongjiang province legislation.

Author contributions

Thank you to Professors Zhensheng Liu and Liwei Teng for their contributions to the study concept and design. We are grateful to Dr. Wei Yu, Dr. Dehuai Meng, Junda Chen, Xu Zhang, and Xuyang Zhao for the sample collection. Dr. Cui Shuang’s contribution to the conception and design of the thesis, analysis, and interpretation of the data, and the drafting of the paper is appreciated. All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. They also declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could influence the work reported in this paper.

Data availability statement

The data supporting this study’s findings are freely available on the NCBI website at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/, reference number OL629048.1. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA782766, SRR17012662, and SAMN23394671, respectively.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Key Research and Development Program Funded Project for Ningxia, China [2020BEG02001], the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31870512, 32071649, 32070519], the Ningxia Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve Administration Funded Project [NLF2020-93-1; 2020BEG02001-1], and the Ningxia 2021 New Forestry Technology Introduction and Promotion Project No. 2021 [04].