| the complete mitochondrial genomes of sixteen ardeid birds revealing the evolutionary process of the gene rearrangements. | the animal mitochondrial genome is generally considered to be under selection for both compactness and gene order conservation. as more mitochondrial genomes are sequenced, mitochondrial duplications and gene rearrangements have been frequently identified among diverse animal groups. although several mechanisms of gene rearrangement have been proposed thus far, more observational evidence from major taxa is needed to validate specific mechanisms. in the current study, the complete mitochondrial ... | 2014 | 25001581 |
| the mitochondrial genome of ixobrychus flavicollis (ardeidae: ixobrychus). | ixobrychus flavicollis is the largest bittern in ixobrychus which has very wide geographical range. in our results, the complete mitochondrial genome of i. flavicollis is 17,016 bp in length. thirteen protein-coding genes, two rrna genes, twenty-two trna genes and one non-coding region (d-loop) are present in this mitochondrial genome. no special arrangement when compared with other typical mitochondrial of vertebrates. the percentage of a and t (56.7%) was slightly higher than g and c. | 2016 | 24960564 |