Mitochondrial genome sequence of Egyptian swift Rock Pigeon (Columba livia breed Egyptian swift)

Abstract

The Egyptian swift Rock Pigeon is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. In this work, we report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Egyptian swift Rock Pigeon. The total length of the mitogenome was 17,239 bp and its overall base composition was estimated to be 30.2% for A, 24.0% for T, 31.9% for C and 13.9% for G, indicating an A–T (54.2%)-rich feature in the mitogenome. It contained the typical structure of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and a non-coding control region (D-loop region). The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Egyptian swift Rock Pigeon would serve as an important data set of the germplasm resources for further study.

• Egyptian swift Rock Pigeon (Columba livia breed Egyptian swift)
• genome
• mitochondrion

Declaration of interest

This project was funded by the Plan project of HeBei Science and Technology Department (11220421), Plan Project of Zhangjiakou (12110057E and 1101030C) and Youth Foundation of the Educational Office of Hebei Province (Q2012100). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.