Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Jan 2021)

Complete mitochondrial genome of a hen harrier Circus cyaneus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) from South Korea

  • Eun Hwa Choi,
  • Gankhuyag Enkhtsetseg,
  • Su Youn Baek,
  • Jihye Hwang,
  • Bia Park,
  • Kuem Hee Jang,
  • Shi Hyun Ryu,
  • Ui Wook Hwang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2020.1860700
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 185 – 186

Abstract

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A hen harrier Circus cyaneus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae), a migrant raptor having a wide breeding range from Europe to Northeast Asia, migrates to more southerly areas (Southern Europe, China, Korea and Japan) in winter. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of C. cyaneus was completely sequenced and characterized. It was 20,173 bp in length being composed of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and two control regions. It has a base composition of A (32.2%), G (12.6%), C (30.5%) and T (24.7%). The phylogenetic tree reconstructed based on the maximum likelihood (ML) method confirms that C. cyaneus places within the clade of the family Accipitridae in the monophyletic avian order Accipitriformes.

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