The complete mitochondrial genome of the Sichuan Hill Partridge (Arborophila rufipectus) and a phylogenetic analysis with related species

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

“…The AT and GC skews, which can be calculated as (A-T) / (A+T) or (G-T) / (G+T) (Perna and Kocher, 1995), for the complete mitochondrial genome of G. canorus are 0.11 and -0.38, respectively, showing a strong bias against guanine. This phenomenon has also been reported in other birds (San Mauro et al, 2004;He et al, 2009;Kan et al, 2010a,b;Zhang et al, 2012 Genes encoded on the heavy or light strands are shown outside or inside the circular gene map, respectively. The inner ring displays the GC content.…”

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

“…He et al (2009) found that Phasianus showed a closer relationship with Lophura than Syrmaticus, whereas Kimball et al (1999) suggested that Phasianus was closer to Syrmaticus than Lophura. Our results strongly support He et al's opinion (nucleotide and amino acid: posterior probabilities 1.00 in BI, bootstrap value >96% in ML and MP).…”

“…Our results indicated that M. gallopavo (Meleagridinae) was embedded not only in the Phasianidae, but also in the Phasianinae, and the subfamily Phasianinae was not a monophyly group. Based on mitochondrial genome, He et al (2009) suggested that the turkey should be classified in the Phasianidae. However, taxon sampling was too limited in He et al's study to determine the limits of this group.…”

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

“…Galliformes are traditionally classified into seven families: Megapodiidae (mound builders, brush turkeys, and allies), Cracidae (curassows, guans, and chachalacas), Odontophoridae (New World quails), Numididae (guineafowl), Phasianidae (pheasants, partridges, Old World quails, and allies), Meleagrididae (turkeys), and Tetraonidae (grouse and allies) (del Hoyo et al, 1994). Based on molecular markers and comprehensive taxon sampling, current classification suggested that the Meleagrididae should be classified into the Phasianidae (Dyke et al, 2003;Crowe et al, 2006;He et al, 2009). Tragopan is a genus of bird in the family Phasianidae.…”