The complete mitochondrial genome of Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)

Ki-Yoon Kim; Yung-Chul Park; Young-Jun Yoon; Kwang-Bae Yoon

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1851154

The complete mitochondrial genome of Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 11;6(3):713-714. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1851154.

Authors

Ki-Yoon Kim¹, Yung-Chul Park¹, Young-Jun Yoon², Kwang-Bae Yoon²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Forest Science, College of Forest & Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
² Research Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The mitogenome of the Accipiter nisus is a circular module of 18,352 bp, which consists of 39 genes, containing 2 rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two non-coding regions (control region and pseudo control region). The mitogenome of A. nisus is composed of 31.3% A, 25.5% T, 30.4% C, 12.8% G, and 76.3% AT. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that A. nisus individuals was well grouped in Accipitridae and more closely related to genus Circus than other Accpiter species.

Keywords: Accipiter nisus; Accipitridae; Mitogenome; phylogenetic analysis.