Mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Gaojiao chicken (Gallus gallus)

Lili Liu; Kui Ren; Yuanchang Jin; Huimin Zeng

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1765707

Mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Gaojiao chicken (Gallus gallus)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 May 20;5(3):2124-2125. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1765707.

Authors

Lili Liu^{1

2}, Kui Ren^{1

2}, Yuanchang Jin¹, Huimin Zeng¹

Affiliations

¹ College of life science, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China.
² Hunan Key Laboratory of Economic Crops Genetic Improvement and Integrated Utilization, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China.

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Gaojiao chicken (Gallus gallus) was sequenced using samples collected from Puding county of Guizhou province, China. The mitogenome of Gaojiao chicken is 16,786 bp in length, and it contained 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), and a control region (D-loop), the overall base nucleotide compositions encoded are 30.27% A, 32.52% C, 13.49% G, and 23.72% T. The phylogenetic tree was constructed using neighbor-joining (N-J) method, which indicated that the Gaojiao chicken has the close relationship with Nandan chicken, Daweishan chicken, Wuding chicken, and Guangxi three-buff chicken.

Keywords: Gaojiao chicken; Mitogenome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31602025], Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department [17C0652], and Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation [2016jj3059].