Abstract
Yunnan black goat (Capra hircus) is one of the famous native goat breed in China. In this study, the complete nucleotide sequence of Yunnan black goat mitochondrial genome was determined for the first time. Sequence analysis showed that the genome structure was in typical with other vertebra animals. It contained 22 tRNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes and 1 control region (D-loop region). The base composition was A (33.6%), G (13.1%), C (26.0%) and T (27.3%), so the percentage of A and T (60.9%) was higher than that of G and C.
Acknowledgements
We thank Dong et al. for generating the sequence data of Yunnan black goat used in this study and the anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments on the manuscript.
Declaration of interest
This project was funded by General Projects of Hebei North University (2013003); Cultivation of creative talents fund project, Hebei North University (CXRC1306); and Mandatory project of Technology and Earthquakes local project (11110024D).
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.