The complete mitochondrial genome and the phylogenetic position of Alauda gulgula (Aves: Passeriformes)

Shangmingyu Zhang; Xiaofeng Zheng; Chuang Zhou; Min Zhu; Yongjie Wu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1909438

The complete mitochondrial genome and the phylogenetic position of Alauda gulgula (Aves: Passeriformes)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Apr 8;6(4):1367-1368. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1909438.

Authors

Shangmingyu Zhang^{1

2}, Xiaofeng Zheng^{1

2}, Chuang Zhou^{1

2}, Min Zhu³, Yongjie Wu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
³ The General Work Station of Protected Area of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.

Abstract

The Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula) is a small songbird in the Alaudidae. Here we assembled the complete mitochondrial genome of Alauda gulgula which is 17,055 bp in length and consisting of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA, 22 transfer RNA, and 2 extensive heteroplasmic control regions. The overall A + T content of the mitogenome is 52.3%The maximum-likelihood (ML) tree based on the complete mitochondrial genome of A. gulgula revealed the close genetic relationship between A. gulgula and A. arvensis, but separate from A. cheleensis.

Keywords: Alauda gulgula; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This project was supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program [STEP No. 2019QZKK0501] and the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China [No.2019HJ2096001006].