Complete mitochondrial genome of Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus (Passeriformes: Passeridae).

Tree SparrowPasser montanusis an Eurasian distribution passerine bird, which has 9 subspecies. In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome ofPasser montanus saturatus. The mitochondrial DNA is 16,904 bp long with A + T contents of 52.56%. The mitochondrial genome is typical circular that encodes the complete set of 37 genes. All protein-coding genes use the standard mitochondrial initiation codon ATG, except for COI starts with GTG and ND3 starts with ATA. TAN is the most frequent stop codon, and AGN and T– – are also occurred very common. All tRNAs possess the classic clover leaf secondary structure except for tRNASer (AGN)and tRNACys (CUN), which lack the “DHU” stem, only forming a simple loop. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]