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Aegypius monachus

Cinereous vulture

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Retired record. RefSeq NC_022957.1 is not in NCBI RefSeq release 237 (mitochondrion.1.genomic.gbff.gz, file date 2026-09-03) (suppressed) and the release has no other complete mitogenome of NCBI species 8959 (Aegypius monachus); no longer qualifies under the RefSeq-only rule Its build 1 values are kept and it is left out of the correlations.

Maximum lifespan
39 yr
AnAge record
mtDNA size
17,811 bp
RefSeq NC_022957.1
GC content
45.97%
Whole genome
Non-coding
2,332 bp
D-loop 2,250 bp

Where Cinereous vulture sits among 2,335 species

Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Cinereous vulture has the 273rd longest lifespan of them.

10203040501 yr10 yr100 yrMaximum lifespan, log scaleGC %Cinereous vulture
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Base composition

Whole genome17,811 bp
GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
−0.382
AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
+0.098

Life history

Maximum lifespan
39 years
Adult weight
9.6 kg
Female sexual maturity
5.5 years

Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge Build 15 (HAGRID 00221)

About this record

Lifespan source
AnAge build 15
Based on
an animal in captivity
Data quality
acceptable, medium sample
Licence
Free to use, subject to the Human Ageing Genomic Resources conditions of use
Status
Retired
In the database since
build 1 (2015-07-01)
Last changed
build 2 (2026-11-13)

Every change against the 2015 build is in the changelog download.

Composition by region

Reference (L) strand as deposited in RefSeq
Whole genome17,811 bp
Protein-coding11,380 bp
12S rRNA981 bp
16S rRNA1,628 bp
All tRNA1,551 bp
D-loop2,250 bp

Genes and regions

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Composition
ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1978 bp26.5%26.2%13.8%33.5%47.34%−0.417+0.006
ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 21,045 bp31.2%23.3%10.2%35.2%45.46%−0.549+0.144
COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I1,551 bp27.2%24.4%16.7%31.7%48.36%−0.309+0.054
COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II684 bp30.7%22.1%14.8%32.5%47.22%−0.375+0.163
ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8168 bp31.0%20.2%7.1%41.7%48.81%−0.707+0.209
ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6684 bp29.2%23.8%9.9%37.0%46.93%−0.576+0.102
COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III783 bp26.6%25.4%15.2%32.8%48.02%−0.367+0.022
ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3351 bp27.6%25.9%11.4%35.0%46.44%−0.509+0.032
ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L297 bp26.9%27.6%12.1%33.3%45.46%−0.467−0.012
ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 41,377 bp28.5%22.9%10.6%38.0%48.58%−0.564+0.110
ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 51,818 bp30.7%22.6%11.5%35.2%46.70%−0.508+0.152
ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6519 bp37.8%12.7%10.4%39.1%49.52%−0.580+0.496
CYTBCytochrome b1,143 bp27.5%23.7%13.3%35.5%48.82%−0.455+0.074
12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA981 bp30.7%20.4%20.4%28.5%48.93%−0.167+0.202
16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA1,628 bp33.5%20.5%18.9%27.2%46.07%−0.181+0.241
D-loopControl region (D-loop)2,250 bp27.8%33.6%15.1%23.5%38.58%−0.219−0.094

Codon usage

Counts per codon, darker is more frequent

3,799 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).

Phe F5.4%
UUU46
UUC160
Leu L17.2%
UUA67
UUG17
CUU71
CUC160
CUA308
CUG30
Ile I6.8%
AUU76
AUC181
Met M4.2%
AUA123
AUG38
Val V4.4%
GUU23
GUC62
GUA66
GUG16
Ser S7.9%
UCU27
UCC113
UCA87
UCG8
AGU14
AGC50
Pro P6.5%
CCU43
CCC94
CCA103
CCG8
Thr T9.4%
ACU56
ACC156
ACA133
ACG12
Ala A7.6%
GCU52
GCC143
GCA84
GCG11
Tyr Y3.2%
UAU37
UAC85
His H3.4%
CAU29
CAC99
Gln Q2.7%
CAA81
CAG21
Asn N3.3%
AAU23
AAC102
Lys K2.2%
AAA75
AAG7
Asp D1.7%
GAU18
GAC46
Glu E2.5%
GAA75
GAG19
Cys C0.9%
UGU9
UGC25
Trp W2.8%
UGA85
UGG20
Arg R2.1%
CGU4
CGC31
CGA35
CGG9
Gly G5.6%
GGU23
GGC71
GGA80
GGG40
Stop 0.3%
UAA8
UAG2
AGA0
AGG2

Genome map

39 annotated features in NC_022957.1

Hover, tap or tab to a feature to see its position, length, strand and GC content. Genes and rRNAs open their own pages.

  • Protein-coding13
  • rRNA2
  • tRNA22
  • D-loop2
  • Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
  • Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (46.0%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 39 features as a table
FeatureTypeStartEndLengthStrandGC
tRNA-PheTransfer RNA17070 bp+–
12S rRNARibosomal RNA711,051981 bp+48.9%
tRNA-ValTransfer RNA1,0331,10472 bp+–
16S rRNARibosomal RNA1,0972,7241,628 bp+46.1%
tRNA-Leu (UUR)Transfer RNA2,7052,77874 bp+–
ND1Protein-coding gene2,7883,765978 bp+47.3%
tRNA-IleTransfer RNA3,7643,83572 bp+–
tRNA-GlnTransfer RNA3,8483,91972 bp−–
tRNA-MetTransfer RNA3,9193,98769 bp+–
ND2Protein-coding gene3,9885,0321,045 bp+45.5%
tRNA-TrpTransfer RNA5,0335,10573 bp+–
tRNA-AlaTransfer RNA5,1065,17469 bp−–
tRNA-AsnTransfer RNA5,1775,24973 bp−–
tRNA-CysTransfer RNA5,2525,31867 bp+–
tRNA-TyrTransfer RNA5,3185,38871 bp−–
COX1Protein-coding gene5,3906,9401,551 bp+48.4%
tRNA-Ser (UCN)Transfer RNA6,9327,00574 bp−–
tRNA-AspTransfer RNA7,0107,07869 bp+–
COX2Protein-coding gene7,0817,764684 bp+47.2%
tRNA-LysTransfer RNA7,7667,83772 bp+–
ATP8Protein-coding gene7,8388,005168 bp+48.8%
ATP6Protein-coding gene7,9968,679684 bp+46.9%
COX3Protein-coding gene8,6799,461783 bp+48.0%
tRNA-GlyTransfer RNA9,4639,53169 bp+–
ND3Protein-coding gene9,5329,882351 bp+46.4%
tRNA-ArgTransfer RNA9,8889,95669 bp+–
ND4LProtein-coding gene9,95810,254297 bp+45.5%
ND4Protein-coding gene10,24811,6241,377 bp+48.6%
tRNA-HisTransfer RNA11,62511,69470 bp+–
tRNA-Ser (AGY)Transfer RNA11,69611,76065 bp+–
tRNA-Leu (CUN)Transfer RNA11,76111,83171 bp+–
ND5Protein-coding gene11,83213,6491,818 bp+46.7%
CYTBProtein-coding gene13,66214,8041,143 bp+48.8%
tRNA-ThrTransfer RNA14,80714,87569 bp+–
D-loopControl region14,87616,1001,225 bp–38.6%
tRNA-ProTransfer RNA16,10816,17972 bp−–
ND6Protein-coding gene16,20016,718519 bp−49.5%
tRNA-GluTransfer RNA16,71616,78671 bp−–
D-loopControl region16,78717,8111,025 bp–38.6%

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