Complete mitochondrial genome of Tringa erythropus (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae)

Yuanyuan Cheng; Lizhi Zhou; Yuanqiu Dong

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1219637

Complete mitochondrial genome of Tringa erythropus (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Sep 3;1(1):678-679. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1219637.

Authors

Yuanyuan Cheng^{1

2}, Lizhi Zhou^{1

2}, Yuanqiu Dong^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, China.
² Anhui Biodiversity Information Center, Hefei, China.

Abstract

The spotted redshank Tringa erythropus is a shorebird in the large bird family Scolopacidae. In this study, we sequenced and characterized its complete mitochondrial genome. The mitogenome is a circular DNA molecule of 16,683 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA genes, and an AT-rich region. Its gene arrangement pattern is identical with typical bird species. Based on our data combined with the mitgenome DNA sequences of 12 Scolopacidae birds from GenBank, phylogenetic analysis indicated that T. erythropus, Arenaria interpres, and Eurynorhynchus pygmeus formed a group.

Keywords: Spotted redshank; Tringa erythropus; complete mitochondrial genome; gene arrangement.