Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Jialuo sheep (Ovis aries)

Donghai Fu; Xiaoming Ma; Congjun Jia; Qinyi Lei; Xiaoyun Wu; Min Chu; Xuezhi Ding; Pengjia Bao; Jie Pei; Xian Guo; Ping Yan; Liang Chunnian

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1623114

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Jialuo sheep (Ovis aries)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 10;4(2):2116-2117. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1623114.

Authors

Donghai Fu¹, Xiaoming Ma¹, Congjun Jia¹, Qinyi Lei¹, Xiaoyun Wu¹, Min Chu¹, Xuezhi Ding¹, Pengjia Bao¹, Jie Pei¹, Xian Guo¹, Ping Yan¹, Liang Chunnian¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory for Yak Breeding Engineering of Gansu Province, Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

Jialuo sheep is one of the important production materials of herdsmen in the pastoral areas of northwestern Sichuan in China. We reported the complete mitogenome of Jialuo sheep for the first time. It is 16,617 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and a control region (D-loop). In the evolutionary relationship, the mitogenome of Jialuo sheep is closer to Texel sheep. This report will help the further studies of sheep species classification and resource protection.

Keywords: Jialuo sheep; Ovis aries; mitogenome; phylogenetic tree.