The complete mitochondrial genome of Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica (Strigiformes: Strigidae)

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome of Brown wood owl is a 16,308-bp circular molecule, which contains 37 typical mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs and 22 tRNAs) and a 741-bp A + T-rich region. Its gene arrangement pattern is identical with typical bird species. All protein-coding genes start with an ATG codon. TAA is the most frequent stop codon, and TAG and T- are also occurred very common. The mtDNA sequence contains 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA of rRNA. Except for tRNA^{Ser (AGY)} and tRNA^{Leu (CUN)} without the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm, all tRNAs could be folded into canonical cloverleaf secondary structures.

• Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica)
• complete mitochondrial genome sequences
• Strigiformes