The complete mitochondrial genome of the Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) from Ningxia, China

Hao Zhai; Zongzhi Li; Shuhui Mi; Dehuai Meng; Hongxian Yu; Liwei Teng; Zhensheng Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1870901

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) from Ningxia, China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 12;6(2):546-547. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1870901.

Authors

Hao Zhai¹, Zongzhi Li¹, Shuhui Mi¹, Dehuai Meng¹, Hongxian Yu¹, Liwei Teng^{1

2}, Zhensheng Liu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Wildlife And Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.
² Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology, National Forestry And Grassland Administration, Harbin, China.

Abstract

The Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) is a diving duck that is widely distributed in Asia, Africa, and Europe. We determined the complete mitogenome of the Ferruginous Duck gathered at Ningxia, China. The total length of the complete mitochondrial genome is 16,623 bp and it consists of 13 protein-coding, 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA genes, and 1 control region (CR). Only one overlap among the 13 protein-coding genes was found: ND4L/ND4. The CR is 1068 bp in length. The nucleotide composition is 29.66% A, 22.28% T, 15.35% G, 32.71% C. The result of phylogenetic analysis showed that there is close genetic relationship among Aythya nyroca and three ducks in the Genus Aythya.

Keywords: Aythya nyroca; Complete mitochondrial genome; duck.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2572014CA03], National Natural Science Foundation of China [31870512, 32071649, and 32070519], and Heilongjiang Touyan Innovation Team Program for Forest Ecology and Conservation.