The white-throated rock-thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus gularis is a subspecies bird in the family Muscicapidae of the order Passeriformes, which is distributed in Southeast Siberia to Northeast China and Korea, winters to Southeast Asia. In this study, we determined its complete mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) by the PCR-based method. The complete mtDNA is a 16,801 bp circular molecule containing 37 typical genes. The gene order is identical with the standard avian gene order. All protein-coding genes start with a typical ATG codon except for COI. The termination codon is usually the standard TAA. The 12S rRNA is 984 bp, and the 16S rRNA is 1602 bp in length. All tRNAs possess the classic clover leaf secondary structure except for tRNASer (AGN) and tRNACys (CUN), which lack the 'DHU' stem, only forming a simple loop. The non-coding regions contain a 1222 bp long control region (D-loop) and a few intergenic spacers. The phylogenetic tree based on some mitogenomes from Muscicapidae and Turdidae indicates that M. cinclorhynchus gularis and Phoenicurus auroreus are in the same branch in the group Muscicapidae.
Keywords: Monticola cinclorhynchus gularis; complete mitochondrial genome; gene arrangement; white-throated rock-thrush.
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