The complete mitochondrial genome of bean goose (Anser fabalis) and implications for anseriformes taxonomy.

Mitochondrial DNA plays an important role in living organisms, and has been used as a powerful molecular marker in a variety of evolutionary studies. In this study, we determined the complete mtDNA of Bean goose (Anser fabalis), which is 16,688 bp long and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs,...

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Main Authors: Gang Liu, Lizhi Zhou, Lili Zhang, Zijun Luo, Wenbin Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3662773?pdf=render