Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Zhuxiang chicken (Gallus gallus. domesticus) and its phylogenetic analysis from D-loop region

Li-Li Liu; Ye-Qi Yang; Ya-Ting Liu; Ning Yang; Dan Xie; Zhen Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1501291

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Zhuxiang chicken (Gallus gallus. domesticus) and its phylogenetic analysis from D-loop region

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Aug 13;3(2):872-873. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1501291.

Authors

Li-Li Liu¹, Ye-Qi Yang¹, Ya-Ting Liu¹, Ning Yang¹, Dan Xie¹, Zhen Huang¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Life Science, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China.

Abstract

Zhuxiang chicken is a valuable chicken breed in the southwest of China. In this study, we firstly obtained the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Zhuxiang chicken using PCR amplification, sequencing and assembling. The total length of the mitochondrial genome was 16,789 bp, based on composition of 30.24% for A, 23.71% for T, 32.54% for C, 13.51% for G, contained a D-loop region (non-coding control region), 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes and 22 transfer RNA. This research was significant for mtDNA structure and provided phylogenetic analysis of D-loop sequence for carrying out Zhuxiang chicken germplasm resources protection, rational breeding, origin and evolution studies.

Keywords: Zhuxiang chicken; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.