Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Bighorn Sheep

Kimberly M Davenport; Mingrui Duan; Samuel S Hunter; Daniel D New; Matthew W Fagnan; Margaret A Highland; Brenda M Murdoch

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00464-18

Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Bighorn Sheep

Genome Announc. 2018 Jun 7;6(23):e00464-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00464-18.

Authors

Kimberly M Davenport¹, Mingrui Duan¹, Samuel S Hunter², Daniel D New², Matthew W Fagnan², Margaret A Highland³, Brenda M Murdoch⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
² Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
³ Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Services, USDA, Pullman, Washington, USA.
⁴ Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA [email protected].

Abstract

We report here the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in the United States. The circular genome has a size of 16,466 bp and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes.