Sun Guolei, Yang Xiufeng, Lu Yongqiang, Gao Xiaodong, Zhao Chao, Dou Huashan, Zhang Honghai
a College of Life Science, Qufu Normal University , Qufu , PR China.
b Dailake National Nature Reserve , Hulunbuir , PR China.
Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2017 May;28(3):322-323. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1122764. Epub 2015 Dec 29.
In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of the Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius) was sequenced and reported for the first time using the muscle tissue. The mitochondrial genome is a circular molecule of 18 079 bp in length, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 1 control region, and 1 extra pseudo-control region. A phylogenetic analysis on the basis of 12 protein-coding genes (except ND6 gene) of 14 Falconiformes species' mitochondrial genomes using maximum-likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) demonstrated that all species cluster into two clades and B. hemilasius is close to B. buteo.