Complete mitochondrial genome of the spotted nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes (Passeriformes: Corvidae) from Shan'xi Province, China

Dehuai Meng; Zhirong Zhang; Zongzhi Li; Yuhui Si; Qiuxia Guo; Zhensheng Liu; Liwei Teng

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1778565

Complete mitochondrial genome of the spotted nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes (Passeriformes: Corvidae) from Shan'xi Province, China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jun 16;5(3):2456-2457. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1778565.

Authors

Dehuai Meng¹, Zhirong Zhang¹, Zongzhi Li¹, Yuhui Si¹, Qiuxia Guo², Zhensheng Liu^{1

3}, Liwei Teng^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, P. R. China.
² State-Owned Forest in Taiyuan, Taiyuan, P. R. China.
³ Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Harbin, P. R. China.

Abstract

We determined the whole mtDNA genome of the Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) in Tianlong Mountain, Shan'xi Province, China. The complete mitochondrial genome is 16,914 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGS), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 1 control region (D-loops). The nucleotide composition is 25.08% A, 25.08% T, 24.75% G, and 25.08% C. The result of phylogenetic analysis showed that there was close genetic relationship between N. caryocatactes and N. columbiana. It is expected that the complete mitochondrial genome presented here will contribute to the analysis of species distribution.

Keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; Corvidae; Nucifraga caryocatactes.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China [31870512], and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities [2572014CA03]. This study also got financial support from Heilongjiang Touyan Innovation Team Program for Forest Ecology and Conservation.