Complete mitochondrial genome of the Wuhua three-yellow chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Abstract

Wuhua three-yellow chicken is a native breed of Guangdong Province in China. The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome presented here was the first assemble of Wuhua three-yellow chicken, which was determined through the polymerase chain reaction-based method. The complete mitogenome was 16,784 bp in length, with the nucleotide composition of 30.29% for A, 23.75% for T, 32.48% for C and 13.48% for G, and exhibited the typical mitochondrial structure, including 2 rRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes and a non-coding control region.

• Genome
• mitochondrion
• PCR-based method
• Wuhua three-yellow chicken

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This research was supported by Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. S2012040007491), Science & Technology Planning Project of Meizhou (2012) and National Sparking Plan Project of China (No. 2013GA780066).