The complete mitochondrial genome of Marco Polo wild sheep (Ovis ammon polii)

Shang-Quan Gan; Meng-Si Xu; Ji-Meng Meng; Hong Tang; Ji Li; Wuzhou Yuan; Xinhua Wang; Limin Wang; Ping Zhou

doi:10.1080/23802359.2015.1137840

The complete mitochondrial genome of Marco Polo wild sheep (Ovis ammon polii)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Feb 1;1(1):92-93. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2015.1137840.

Authors

Shang-Quan Gan¹, Meng-Si Xu¹, Ji-Meng Meng¹, Hong Tang¹, Ji Li², Wuzhou Yuan², Xinhua Wang¹, Limin Wang¹, Ping Zhou¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, Shihezi, China.
² Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, Beijing, China.

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Marco Polo wild sheep was sequenced for the first time. It is 16 613 bp in length and possesses 22 tRNA genes, 13 typical mammalian protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes and one D-loop region. The whole genome's base composition is 33.7% A, 25.8% C, 13.1% G and 27.4% T, and the percentage of AT-rich regions is 61.1%.

Keywords: Endangered species; evolution; mitochondrial genome; wild sheep.