The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of the Hetian chicken (Gallus gallus)

Jingjing Gu; Sheng Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1791020

The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of the Hetian chicken (Gallus gallus)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jul 15;5(3):2865-2867. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1791020.

Authors

Jingjing Gu^{1

2

3}, Sheng Li⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China.
² Hunan Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of Animals, Changsha, China.
³ Hunan Engineering Research Center of Poultry Production Safety, Changsha, China.
⁴ Maxun Biotechnology Institute, Changsha, China.

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Hetian chicken (Gallus gallus) was obtained by using next generation sequencing method. The total length of complete mitogenome sequence is 16,784 bp, containing one control region, 2 ribosomal RNAs, 13 protein-coding genes and 22 transfer RNA genes. This work provides a valuable source of data for the study of the evolution of Gallus gallus mitochondrial genome and contributes to Hetian chicken breeding improvement program.

Keywords: Hetian chicken; mitochondrial genome; next generation sequencing.

Grants and funding

The work was supported by grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 31501000].