Abstract
The Chinese Serow (Capricornis milneedwardsii) is a native species distributed in China and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as one of the Class II national protected species in China. Here we first determined and annotated its complete mitochondrial genome. The mito-genome of Chinese Serow is 16,444 bp in length, consisting of two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 13 protein-coding genes, and one control region. The overall base composition is A: 33.5%, T: 26.7%, C: 26.6%, and G: 13.2%, with a much higher A + T content.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This research was funded by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-06-07), National Natural Science Foundation of China (30970335), Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Scholars, Ministry of Education of China (20091001-9-9) and supported by the Research Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 113054A).