The complete mitochondrial genome of Phoenicurus frontalis (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae)

Feng-Jun Li; Lu Qiao; Yi-Jie Yang; Kong Yang; Nan Yang; Bi-Song Yue

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1773332

The complete mitochondrial genome of Phoenicurus frontalis (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jun 5;5(3):2322-2323. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1773332.

Authors

Feng-Jun Li¹, Lu Qiao¹, Yi-Jie Yang², Kong Yang³, Nan Yang³, Bi-Song Yue¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P. R. China.
² Batang County Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Batang, P. R. China.
³ Institute of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, P. R. China.

Abstract

The Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis (Muscicapidae) belongs to the family Muscicapidae, distributed in central China, Qinghai-Tibet plateau and the Himalayas. The conservation status of this species is Least Concern (LC) in IUCN. In this study, the complete mitogenome of P. frontalis was determined. The mitogenome is a circular molecule of 16,776 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosome RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 1 non-coding region. We reconstructed a phylogenetic tree based on Bayesian inference for 15 Passeriformes species. The new mitogenome data would provide useful information for application in conservation genetics and further clarify the phylogenetic evolution of this species.

Keywords: Phoenicurus frontalis; complete mitochondrial genome; evolutionary relationships.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Sichuan International Science and Technology Exchange and Cooperation Project [20GJHZ0245]; The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Southwest Minzu University for Nationalities [2019XMJXPY07]; Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Adaptation of two Partridge [31970395].