Cathartes aura
Turkey vulture
GC content
45.72%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,281 bp
D-loop 1,177 bp
Where Turkey vulture sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Turkey vulture has the 861st longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other birds
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome16,779 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.375
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.123
Life history
- Maximum lifespan
- 20.8 years
- Adult weight
- 2.2 kg
- Birth weight
- 60 g
- Female sexual maturity
- 11 years
- Male sexual maturity
- 11 years
- Gestation or incubation
- 39 days
- Litter or clutch size
- 2
- Litters per year
- 1
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.126 per day
Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge Build 15 (HAGRID 00279)
About this record
- Lifespan source
- AnAge build 15
- Based on
- an observed animal, origin not stated
- Data quality
- acceptable, medium sample
- Licence
- Free to use, subject to the Human Ageing Genomic Resources conditions of use
- Status
- Updated in build 2
- 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 RefSeqWhole genome16,779 bp
Protein-coding11,382 bp
12S rRNA973 bp
16S rRNA1,606 bp
All tRNA1,550 bp
D-loop1,177 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 978 bp | 47.14% | −0.406 | −0.017 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,041 bp | 44.96% | −0.509 | +0.117 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,551 bp | 46.62% | −0.286 | +0.034 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 684 bp | 45.18% | −0.340 | +0.093 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 171 bp | 45.03% | −0.740 | +0.170 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 684 bp | 46.20% | −0.576 | +0.087 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 784 bp | 50.00% | −0.342 | +0.046 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 351 bp | 47.01% | −0.455 | +0.032 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 49.16% | −0.411 | +0.073 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,378 bp | 45.65% | −0.510 | +0.087 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,815 bp | 45.51% | −0.508 | +0.181 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 522 bp | 49.23% | −0.533 | +0.517 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,144 bp | 46.50% | −0.447 | +0.052 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 973 bp | 47.28% | −0.161 | +0.205 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,606 bp | 45.46% | −0.164 | +0.237 | |||||
| D-loopControl region (D-loop) | 1,177 bp | 41.29% | −0.329 | +0.100 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,799 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).
Phe F5.8%
UUU60
UUC160
Leu L17.7%
UUA81
UUG21
CUU70
CUC168
CUA294
CUG39
Ile I7.4%
AUU80
AUC200
Met M4.3%
AUA124
AUG39
Val V4.5%
GUU28
GUC49
GUA72
GUG22
Ser S7.4%
UCU34
UCC84
UCA98
UCG10
AGU9
AGC47
Pro P5.8%
CCU36
CCC80
CCA94
CCG10
Thr T9.5%
ACU62
ACC148
ACA145
ACG5
Ala A8.1%
GCU55
GCC149
GCA93
GCG10
Tyr Y2.9%
UAU38
UAC71
His H2.9%
CAU26
CAC85
Gln Q2.6%
CAA88
CAG10
Asn N3.3%
AAU16
AAC110
Lys K2.3%
AAA77
AAG10
Asp D1.6%
GAU17
GAC43
Glu E2.5%
GAA73
GAG21
Cys C0.7%
UGU12
UGC15
Trp W2.8%
UGA91
UGG16
Arg R1.9%
CGU8
CGC21
CGA35
CGG8
Gly G5.8%
GGU19
GGC79
GGA83
GGG41
Stop 0.3%
UAA5
UAG2
AGA1
AGG2
Genome map
38 annotated features in NC_007628.1Hover, 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-loop1
- Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
- Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (45.7%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 38 features as a table
| Feature | Type | Start | End | Length | Strand | GC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tRNA-Phe | Transfer RNA | 1 | 69 | 69 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 70 | 1,042 | 973 bp | + | 47.3% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,043 | 1,114 | 72 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,115 | 2,720 | 1,606 bp | + | 45.5% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 2,721 | 2,794 | 74 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,808 | 3,785 | 978 bp | + | 47.1% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 3,784 | 3,855 | 72 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 3,862 | 3,932 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 3,932 | 4,000 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 4,001 | 5,041 | 1,041 bp | + | 45.0% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 5,040 | 5,111 | 72 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 5,113 | 5,181 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,184 | 5,256 | 73 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,267 | 5,333 | 67 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,333 | 5,404 | 72 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,411 | 6,961 | 1,551 bp | + | 46.6% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 6,953 | 7,027 | 75 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 7,030 | 7,098 | 69 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 7,101 | 7,784 | 684 bp | + | 45.2% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 7,786 | 7,856 | 71 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 7,858 | 8,028 | 171 bp | + | 45.0% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 8,019 | 8,702 | 684 bp | + | 46.2% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,702 | 9,485 | 784 bp | + | 50.0% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,486 | 9,554 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,555 | 9,906 | 352 bp | + | 47.0% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 9,911 | 9,979 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 9,981 | 10,277 | 297 bp | + | 49.2% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,271 | 11,648 | 1,378 bp | + | 45.7% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,649 | 11,718 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 11,719 | 11,785 | 67 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 11,785 | 11,855 | 71 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 11,856 | 13,670 | 1,815 bp | + | 45.5% |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 13,681 | 14,824 | 1,144 bp | + | 46.5% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 14,825 | 14,893 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 14,925 | 14,994 | 70 bp | − | – |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 15,004 | 15,525 | 522 bp | − | 49.2% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 15,530 | 15,602 | 73 bp | − | – |
| D-loop | Control region | 15,603 | 16,779 | 1,177 bp | – | 41.3% |