The complete mitochondrial genome of Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica (Strigiformes: Strigidae)

The mitochondrial genome of Brown wood owl is a 16,308-bp circular molecule, which contains 37 typical mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs and 22 tRNAs) and a 741-bp A+T-rich region. Its gene arrangement pattern is identical with typical bird species. All protein-coding genes start with an ATG codon. TAA is the most frequent stop codon, and TAG and T- are also occurred very common. The mtDNA sequence contains 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA of rRNA. Except for tRNA(Ser) ((AGY)) and tRNA(Leu) ((CUN)) without the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm, all tRNAs could be folded into canonical cloverleaf secondary structures.