Mitochondrial genome of the Emberiza rutila (Emberizidae: Emberiza).

Emberiza rutila is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae. The complete mitochondrial genome of E. rutila was obtained for the first time in this study. The circular genome (16,803 bp in length) consists of 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes) and 1 control region. Overall base composition of the complete mitochondrial DNA was 30% A, 22.8% T, 32.8% C and 14.3% G. Except for 8 tRNA genes and ND6 gene, the relative position and orientation of all the genes were identical to those of most vertebrates.