The complete mitochondrial genome of the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla (Passeriformes: Fringillidae) from Maor Mountain, China

Shuang Cui; Wei Yu; Dehuai Meng; Junda Chen; Xu Zhang; Xuyang Zhao; Liwei Teng; Zhensheng Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2158693

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla (Passeriformes: Fringillidae) from Maor Mountain, China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Jan 2;8(1):34-37. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2158693. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Shuang Cui¹, Wei Yu¹, Dehuai Meng¹, Junda Chen¹, Xu Zhang¹, Xuyang Zhao¹, Liwei Teng^{1

2}, Zhensheng Liu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Wildlife And Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.
² Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology, National Forestry And Grassland Administration, Harbin, China.

Abstract

The Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) (Linnaeus 1758) is a member of the Passeriformes family of birds and primarily feeds on grass seeds and grains. Muscle tissue was collected from birds sampled from Moar Mountain, China, and the complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced. Its mitochondrial genome consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 22 tRNA genes, and 1 control region (CR). The genome comprises 30.30% A, 23.32% T, 14.31% G, and 32.07% C bases. Phylogenetically, F. montifringilla is closely related to the Fringilla coelebs, Fringilla teydea teydea and Fringilla polatzeki.

Keywords: Brambling; Complete mitochondrial genome; Fringilla montifringilla.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Key Research and Development Program Funded Project for Ningxia, China [2020BEG02001], the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31870512, 32071649, 32070519], the Ningxia Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve Administration Funded Project [NLF2020-93-1; 2020BEG02001-1], and the Ningxia 2021 New Forestry Technology Introduction and Promotion Project No. 2021 [04].