Complete mitochondrial genome of Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus (Passeriformes: Passeridae)

Abstract

Tree Sparrow Passer montanus is an Eurasian distribution passerine bird, which has 9 subspecies. In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of Passer montanus saturatus. The mitochondrial DNA is 16,904 bp long with A + T contents of 52.56%. The mitochondrial genome is typical circular that encodes the complete set of 37 genes. All protein-coding genes use the standard mitochondrial initiation codon ATG, except for COI starts with GTG and ND3 starts with ATA. TAN is the most frequent stop codon, and AGN and T– – are also occurred very common. All tRNAs possess the classic clover leaf secondary structure except for tRNA^{Ser (AGN)} and tRNA^{Cys (CUN)}, which lack the “DHU” stem, only forming a simple loop.

• Complete mitochondrial genome
• gene arrangement
• Passer montanus saturatus
• tree sparrow

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 31172117, and 3147020), the National College students’ Innovative Program of China (Grant no. 201410357028), the National College Student Research Training Program of China (Grant no. KYXL2014040), and the Project of Collaborative innovation Center for Mining Environmental Restoration and Wetland Ecological Safety.