Mitochondrial genome sequence of the Tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang)

Abstract

The Tibetan wild ass, or kiang (Equus kiang) is endemic to the cold and hypoxic (4000–7000 m above sea level) climates of the montane and alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. We report here the complete nucleotide sequence of the E. kiang mitochondrial genome. Our results show that E. kiang mitochondrial DNA is 16,634 bp long, and predicted to encode all the 37 genes that are typical for vertebrates.

Keywords::

• Mitochondrial
• Equus kiang
• genome

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the 973 Project of China (No. 2006CB504101), National Key Technology R & D Program of China (No. 2009BAI85B01), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30900715).

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.