Guan Xiaojing, Xu Jun, Smith Edward J
a Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA , USA.
Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(1):401-2. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.898277. Epub 2014 Mar 24.
Here, we describe the budgie's mitochondrial genome sequence, a resource that can facilitate this parrot's use as a model organism as well as for determining its phylogenetic relatedness to other parrots/Psittaciformes. The estimated total length of the sequence was 18,193 bp. In addition to the to the 13 protein and tRNA and rRNA coding regions, the sequence also includes a duplicated hypervariable region, a feature unique to only a few birds. The two hypervariable regions shared a sequence identity of about 86%.
在此，我们描述了虎皮鹦鹉的线粒体基因组序列，该资源有助于将这种鹦鹉用作模式生物，以及确定其与其他鹦鹉/鹦形目的系统发育关系。该序列的估计总长度为18,193碱基对。除了13个蛋白质编码区、tRNA和rRNA编码区外，该序列还包括一个重复的高变区，这是只有少数鸟类特有的特征。这两个高变区的序列同一性约为86%。
