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Serinus canaria

House canary

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Maximum lifespan
24 yr
AnAge record
mtDNA size
16,805 bp
RefSeq NC_037521.1
GC content
44.91%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,323 bp
D-loop 1,229 bp

Where House canary sits among 2,335 species

Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. House canary has the 690th longest lifespan of them.

10203040501 yr10 yr100 yrMaximum lifespan, log scaleGC %House canary
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Base composition

Whole genome16,805 bp
GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
−0.384
AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
+0.131

Life history

Maximum lifespan
24 years
Adult weight
24.3 g
Basal metabolic rate
0.23 W
Body temperature
41 °C

Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge build 15 (HAGRID 00915)

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
New in build 2
In the database since
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 genome16,805 bp
Protein-coding11,378 bp
12S rRNA977 bp
16S rRNA1,596 bp
All tRNA1,540 bp
D-loop1,229 bp

Genes and regions

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Composition
ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1978 bp28.8%28.0%13.1%30.1%43.15%−0.393+0.014
ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 21,040 bp31.3%25.7%9.4%33.6%42.98%−0.562+0.099
COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I1,551 bp28.4%25.1%15.9%30.6%46.49%−0.315+0.063
COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II684 bp31.4%22.5%14.5%31.6%46.05%−0.371+0.165
ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8168 bp31.5%26.2%6.5%35.7%42.26%−0.690+0.093
ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6684 bp30.4%24.4%9.5%35.7%45.18%−0.579+0.109
COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III784 bp28.7%25.0%14.7%31.6%46.30%−0.366+0.069
ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3351 bp29.9%25.9%11.1%33.0%44.16%−0.497+0.071
ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L297 bp27.3%25.3%12.1%35.4%47.48%−0.489+0.038
ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 41,378 bp31.3%22.7%10.2%35.7%45.94%−0.555+0.160
ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 51,818 bp30.9%22.8%11.6%34.7%46.29%−0.501+0.150
ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6519 bp40.7%12.1%9.2%38.0%47.21%−0.608+0.540
CYTBCytochrome b1,143 bp29.1%23.5%12.8%34.6%47.33%−0.460+0.106
12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA977 bp30.8%21.1%20.8%27.3%48.11%−0.136+0.187
16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA1,596 bp34.5%22.1%19.9%23.6%43.48%−0.084+0.220
D-loopControl region (D-loop)1,229 bp30.3%27.8%13.5%28.4%41.90%−0.355+0.042

Codon usage

Counts per codon, darker is more frequent

3,796 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).

Phe F5.6%
UUU42
UUC172
Leu L17.5%
UUA63
UUG10
CUU65
CUC143
CUA350
CUG35
Ile I8.1%
AUU82
AUC227
Met M4.3%
AUA136
AUG26
Val V5.1%
GUU43
GUC44
GUA87
GUG19
Ser S7.6%
UCU41
UCC89
UCA95
UCG5
AGU9
AGC48
Pro P5.9%
CCU43
CCC75
CCA103
CCG4
Thr T8.2%
ACU50
ACC135
ACA119
ACG6
Ala A8.1%
GCU49
GCC143
GCA109
GCG6
Tyr Y2.8%
UAU26
UAC81
His H2.8%
CAU19
CAC86
Gln Q2.4%
CAA87
CAG6
Asn N3.6%
AAU19
AAC117
Lys K2.2%
AAA82
AAG2
Asp D1.7%
GAU11
GAC54
Glu E2.4%
GAA85
GAG8
Cys C0.8%
UGU6
UGC23
Trp W2.8%
UGA105
UGG1
Arg R1.9%
CGU10
CGC13
CGA45
CGG4
Gly G5.9%
GGU37
GGC62
GGA97
GGG27
Stop 0.3%
UAA6
UAG1
AGA2
AGG1

Genome map

38 annotated features in NC_037521.1

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  • 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 (44.9%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 38 features as a table
FeatureTypeStartEndLengthStrandGC
D-loopControl region11,2291,229 bp–41.9%
tRNA-PheTransfer RNA1,2301,29768 bp+–
12S rRNARibosomal RNA1,2982,274977 bp+48.1%
tRNA-ValTransfer RNA2,2752,34369 bp+–
16S rRNARibosomal RNA2,3443,9391,596 bp+43.5%
tRNA-Leu (UUR)Transfer RNA3,9404,01475 bp+–
ND1Protein-coding gene4,0295,006978 bp+43.2%
tRNA-IleTransfer RNA5,0125,08574 bp+–
tRNA-GlnTransfer RNA5,0895,15971 bp−–
tRNA-MetTransfer RNA5,1595,22769 bp+–
ND2Protein-coding gene5,2286,2671,040 bp+43.0%
tRNA-TrpTransfer RNA6,2686,33770 bp+–
tRNA-AlaTransfer RNA6,3396,40769 bp−–
tRNA-AsnTransfer RNA6,4166,48873 bp−–
tRNA-CysTransfer RNA6,4896,55567 bp−–
tRNA-TyrTransfer RNA6,5556,62571 bp−–
COX1Protein-coding gene6,6278,1771,551 bp+46.5%
tRNA-Ser (UCN)Transfer RNA8,1698,24173 bp−–
tRNA-AspTransfer RNA8,2478,31569 bp+–
COX2Protein-coding gene8,3269,009684 bp+46.1%
tRNA-LysTransfer RNA9,0119,07969 bp+–
ATP8Protein-coding gene9,0819,248168 bp+42.3%
ATP6Protein-coding gene9,2399,922684 bp+45.2%
COX3Protein-coding gene9,93010,713784 bp+46.3%
tRNA-GlyTransfer RNA10,71410,78269 bp+–
ND3Protein-coding gene10,78311,133351 bp+44.2%
tRNA-ArgTransfer RNA11,13511,20470 bp+–
ND4LProtein-coding gene11,20611,502297 bp+47.5%
ND4Protein-coding gene11,49612,8731,378 bp+45.9%
tRNA-HisTransfer RNA12,87412,94370 bp+–
tRNA-Ser (AGY)Transfer RNA12,94413,00966 bp+–
tRNA-Leu (CUN)Transfer RNA13,00913,07971 bp+–
ND5Protein-coding gene13,08014,8971,818 bp+46.3%
CYTBProtein-coding gene14,90616,0481,143 bp+47.3%
tRNA-ThrTransfer RNA16,05216,12069 bp+–
tRNA-ProTransfer RNA16,13616,20570 bp−–
ND6Protein-coding gene16,21516,733519 bp−47.2%
tRNA-GluTransfer RNA16,73516,80571 bp−–

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