Complete mitochondrial genome of the ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (Galliformes: Phasianidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Phasianus colchicus is 16,692 bp in length and composed of 13 typical protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and 1 putative control region. One extra nucleotide “C” is present in nad3 of P. colchicus, which is found in many other birds and is thought not to be translated. All protein-coding, rRNA, and tRNA genes have more than 99.0% nucleotide sequence similarity with the previously reported individual, except for cox3 and tRNA ^Pro genes which has more similarity with Phasianus versicolor.

Keywords::

• Mitochondrial genome
• Phasianus colchicus
• Phasianidae
• cox3

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Binghua Li, Jianke Yang, Zhichun Guo for assistance, suggestions, and comments.

Declaration of interest: This study was supported by the Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecology Safety in Anhui Province, and the Program for Innovative Research Team in Anhui Normal University. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.