Sula dactylatra
Masked booby
GC content
44.78%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,758 bp
D-loop 1,581 bp
Where Masked booby sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Masked booby has the 615th longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other birds
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome17,264 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.407
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.114
Life history
- Maximum lifespan
- 25.5 years
- Adult weight
- 1.7 kg
- Birth weight
- 52.2 g
- Basal metabolic rate
- 5.521 W
- Female sexual maturity
- 4 years
- Male sexual maturity
- 4 years
- Gestation or incubation
- 43 days
- Litter or clutch size
- 1.5
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.081 per day
Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge build 15 (HAGRID 01723)
About this record
- Lifespan source
- AnAge build 15
- Based on
- an animal in the wild
- Data quality
- acceptable, large 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 RefSeqWhole genome17,264 bp
Protein-coding11,378 bp
12S rRNA978 bp
16S rRNA1,623 bp
All tRNA1,542 bp
D-loop1,581 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 978 bp | 45.71% | −0.445 | +0.024 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,041 bp | 41.98% | −0.519 | +0.106 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,551 bp | 46.29% | −0.315 | +0.047 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 684 bp | 45.61% | −0.378 | +0.156 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 168 bp | 44.05% | −0.730 | +0.106 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 684 bp | 44.44% | −0.559 | +0.089 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 784 bp | 46.68% | −0.339 | +0.067 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 351 bp | 43.88% | −0.481 | +0.066 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 45.12% | −0.463 | +0.092 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,378 bp | 45.50% | −0.563 | +0.124 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,815 bp | 45.51% | −0.521 | +0.159 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 522 bp | 50.38% | −0.605 | +0.575 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,143 bp | 48.38% | −0.486 | +0.068 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 978 bp | 47.65% | −0.172 | +0.215 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,623 bp | 44.42% | −0.196 | +0.237 | |||||
| D-loopControl region (D-loop) | 1,581 bp | 40.23% | −0.437 | −0.126 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,798 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).
Phe F5.8%
UUU49
UUC170
Leu L17.4%
UUA63
UUG28
CUU80
CUC183
CUA274
CUG34
Ile I7.6%
AUU80
AUC208
Met M4.6%
AUA146
AUG27
Val V4.3%
GUU27
GUC53
GUA53
GUG29
Ser S7.7%
UCU36
UCC77
UCA113
UCG4
AGU12
AGC49
Pro P5.9%
CCU41
CCC61
CCA113
CCG9
Thr T9.5%
ACU69
ACC142
ACA142
ACG7
Ala A8.0%
GCU63
GCC129
GCA102
GCG8
Tyr Y2.8%
UAU27
UAC80
His H2.8%
CAU24
CAC84
Gln Q2.6%
CAA93
CAG5
Asn N3.4%
AAU27
AAC104
Lys K2.3%
AAA84
AAG3
Asp D1.6%
GAU19
GAC43
Glu E2.5%
GAA83
GAG12
Cys C0.7%
UGU6
UGC20
Trp W2.8%
UGA98
UGG10
Arg R1.8%
CGU7
CGC18
CGA41
CGG4
Gly G5.6%
GGU20
GGC73
GGA86
GGG35
Stop 0.3%
UAA8
UAG1
AGA0
AGG2
Genome map
38 annotated features in NC_062945.1Hover, 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 (44.8%, 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 | 70 | 70 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 70 | 1,047 | 978 bp | + | 47.7% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,047 | 1,117 | 71 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,117 | 2,739 | 1,623 bp | + | 44.4% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 2,739 | 2,812 | 74 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,815 | 3,792 | 978 bp | + | 45.7% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 3,791 | 3,862 | 72 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 3,871 | 3,941 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 3,941 | 4,009 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 4,010 | 5,050 | 1,041 bp | + | 42.0% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 5,053 | 5,122 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 5,124 | 5,192 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,201 | 5,273 | 73 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,278 | 5,344 | 67 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,345 | 5,415 | 71 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,417 | 6,967 | 1,551 bp | + | 46.3% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 6,959 | 7,032 | 74 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 7,047 | 7,115 | 69 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 7,117 | 7,800 | 684 bp | + | 45.6% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 7,802 | 7,871 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 7,874 | 8,041 | 168 bp | + | 44.1% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 8,032 | 8,715 | 684 bp | + | 44.4% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,715 | 9,498 | 784 bp | + | 46.7% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,499 | 9,567 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,568 | 9,918 | 351 bp | + | 43.9% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 9,921 | 9,989 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 9,991 | 10,287 | 297 bp | + | 45.1% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,281 | 11,658 | 1,378 bp | + | 45.5% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,659 | 11,727 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 11,729 | 11,792 | 64 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 11,793 | 11,863 | 71 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 11,864 | 13,678 | 1,815 bp | + | 45.5% |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 13,691 | 14,833 | 1,143 bp | + | 48.4% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 14,836 | 14,905 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 14,918 | 14,987 | 70 bp | − | – |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 15,003 | 15,524 | 522 bp | − | 50.4% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 15,528 | 15,598 | 71 bp | − | – |
| D-loop | Control region | 15,599 | 17,179 | 1,581 bp | – | 40.2% |