High-throughput sequencing yields a complete mitochondrial genome of Emberiza godlewskii (aves, emberidae)

Abstract

Emberiza godlewskii (Taczanowski, 1874) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae. Obtaining the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of E. godlewskii is helpful to understand the species delimitation for further study of E. cia/godlewskii complex. The circular genome (16,839 bp in length) contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 1 control region. The base composition shows that purine percentage (52.87%) is slightly higher than pyrimidine (47.13%). The phylogenetic analysis based on the published data of the mitochondrial genome showed that E. godlewskii is closely related to E. cioides. This new mitochondrial genome data will provide more essential molecular data for further study related to E. cia/godlewskii complex.

Keywords:

• Emberiza godlewskii
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogenetic relationship

Author contribution

Xin-Kang Bao and Jian-De Li designed the conception of the study; Jian-De Li and Ling-Ling Da performed experiments and data analyses; Jian-De Li drafted the manuscript; Ling-Ling Da revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov under the accession number OQ509015. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA940058, SRR23680762, and SAMN33550910, respectively.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41071031).