| complete mitochondrial genome of the spilornis cheela (falconiformes, accipitridae): comparison of s. cheela and spizaetus alboniger. | here, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of spilornis cheela (falconiformes, accipitridae), which is considered as endemic raptor species and listed in the second category of national key protected wild animals in china. the genome is 18,291 bp in size. its gene arrangement pattern was identical with that of spizaetus alboniger. we compared the mitochondrial genome of s. cheela with that of s. alboniger. nucleotide sequence similarity between the two whole mitochondrial genomes was 8 ... | 2013 | 23316785 |