Complete mitochondrial genome of Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo (Falconiformes:Falconidae) and phylogenetic analyses

Xue Gou; Shize Li; Cheng Wang; Caichun Peng; Canshi Hu; Mingming Zhang; Haijun Su

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1907247

Complete mitochondrial genome of Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo (Falconiformes:Falconidae) and phylogenetic analyses

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 26;6(3):1273-1275. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1907247.

Authors

Xue Gou^{1

2}, Shize Li^{3

4}, Cheng Wang^{1

2}, Caichun Peng^{1

2}, Canshi Hu^{2

3}, Mingming Zhang^{1

2}, Haijun Su^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Forestry College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.
² Research Center for Biodiversity and Natural Conservation, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.
³ College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.
⁴ Department of Food Science and Engineering, Moutai Institute, Renhuai, China.

Abstract

The Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo is a Falco bird belonging to the group Falconiformes, and was listed in Appendices II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and listed as a Class II protected species on China's List of Wildlife under Special State Protection. In this study, the complete mitogenome of F. subbuteo was determined. The mitochondrial DNA is packaged in a compact 17,678 based pair (bp) circular molecule with A + T content of 54.70%. It contains 37 typical mitochondrial genes, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs and 22 tRNAs, and 2 non-coding regions (D-Loop). We reconstructed a phylogenetic tree based on mitogenome sequences of 13 Falconidae species and one outgroup. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that F. subbuteo was a sister taxon to F. cuvierii with node support 100. The new mitogenome data would provide useful information for application in conservation genetics and further clarify the phylogenetic evolution of this species.

Keywords: Complete genome; Eurasian Hobby; Falco subbuteo; gene arrangement; mitochondrial DNA.

Associated data

figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.13377665

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31860610, 31400353]; Provincial Key Science and Technology Project of Guizhou [[2016]3022-1]; Provincial Science and Technology Plan of Guizhou [[2014]7682; [2019]2842; [2019]1068]; Technology Plan of Education Administration of Guizhou Province [[2018]102].