| Summary: | The grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus) is one species of family Picidae. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of the grey-headed woodpecker was determined and annotated for the first time. It is a circular molecule of 17,103 bp in size and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes (12S and 16S), 22 tRNA genes (tRNAs), and 2 control regions (D-loop regions). The total base composition is 28.13% for A, 34.57% for C, 13.87% for G, and 23.43% for T, respectively. In addition, phylogenetic analysis was carried out according to the DNA data of 13 PCGs using the neighbour-joining method. The complete mitogenome of grey-headed woodpecker will play an important role in population genetics and phylogenetic studies of the species in the future.
|
|---|