Complete mitochondrial genome of Cabot’s tragopan, Tragopan caboti (Galliformes: Phasianidae)

Phylogeny of major lineages of galliform birds (Aves: Galliformes) based on complete mitochondrial genomes

“…Today, 109 avian mitochondrial genomes are now available in GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ. Within Galliformes, about 22 mitochondrial genomes from three major lineages of galliform birds (Megapodiidae, Numididae, and Phasianidae) have been sequenced, and the most recent record is Cabot's Tragopan, Tragopan caboti, which was determined by our research group (Kan et al, 2010).…”

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus (Aves: Passeriformes): the first representative of the Leiothrichidae family with a duplicated control region

“…All the tRNA gene sequences have the potential to fold into typical cloverleaf secondary structures (Figure 2). tRNA Cys and tRNA Ser(AGY) , which were not found by the tRNAscan-SE as reported in other species (Kan et al, 2010a;Zhang et al, 2012), were identified by comparing the sequence with other passerine species counterparts. Table 4).…”

“…The resulting amplification fragments (approximately 6 kb long) were used as templates for nested PCR amplification using 18 primer pairs (Table 1), which were designed based on the available mitochondrial genome sequences of passerines, and overlapped by at least 50 bp at both ends of the sequence. The LA-PCR and nested PCR were conducted as described by Kan et al (2010a). The band with the expected size was cut from the gel and purified using the TIANgel MiDi Purification Kit (Tiangen Biotech Co., Ltd., Beijing, China) and then cloned using a pUCm-T vector kit (Bio Basic Inc., Canada).…”

“…A typical mitochondrial genome contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, ranging from 15 to 20 kb in size, and is double stranded (Kan et al, 2010a). The superiority of the mitochondrial genome, such as its small size and fast evolutionary rate, has led to it becoming ever more popular in phylogenetic, phylogeography, and evolutionary studies among animals (Ballard and Whitlock, 2004;Chesser et al, 2010;Kan et al, 2010b,c;Zhang et al, 2012).…”

Molecular characterization of Asian Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus asiae) from Western Himalaya based on mitochondrial control region

“…Today, 109 avian mitochondrial genomes are now available in GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ. Within Galliformes, about 22 mitochondrial genomes from three major lineages of galliform birds (Megapodiidae, Numididae, and Phasianidae) have been sequenced, and the most recent record is Cabot's Tragopan, Tragopan caboti, which was determined by Kan et al, (2010).…”