Abstract
In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) was sequenced, using muscle tissue obtained from a male wild tiger. The total length of the mitochondrial genome is 16,996 bp. The genome structure of this tiger is in accordance with other Siberian tigers and it contains 12S rRNA gene, 16S rRNA gene, 22 tRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, and 1 control region.
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the constructive suggestions of Taofeng Lu to this article.
Declaration of interest
This research was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DL13EA01), the Ministry of Agriculture of China for Transgenic Research Program (2011ZX08009-003-006, 2011ZX08012-002-06), the project National Infrastructure of Animal Germplasm Resources (2013 year). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.