MitoAge

Taxidea taxus

American badger

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Maximum lifespan
25 yr
AnAge record
mtDNA size
16,425 bp
RefSeq NC_020646.1
GC content
39.88%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,029 bp
D-loop 970 bp

Where American badger sits among 2,335 species

Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. American badger has the 635th longest lifespan of them.

10203040501 yr10 yr100 yrMaximum lifespan, log scaleGC %American badger
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Base composition

Whole genome16,425 bp
GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
−0.339
AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
+0.132

Life history

Maximum lifespan
25 years
Adult weight
8 kg
Birth weight
93.5 g
Basal metabolic rate
15.062 W
Body temperature
38 °C
Female sexual maturity
183 days
Male sexual maturity
441 days
Gestation or incubation
41 days
Litter or clutch size
3
Litters per year
0.7

Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge Build 15 (HAGRID 02204)

About this record

Lifespan source
AnAge build 15
Based on
an animal in captivity
Data quality
acceptable, small sample
Licence
Free to use, subject to the Human Ageing Genomic Resources conditions of use
Status
Unchanged since build 1
In the database since
build 1 (2015-07-01)

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

Composition by region

Reference (L) strand as deposited in RefSeq
Whole genome16,425 bp
Protein-coding11,352 bp
12S rRNA960 bp
16S rRNA1,576 bp
All tRNA1,521 bp
D-loop970 bp

Genes and regions

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Composition
ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1955 bp32.1%26.1%11.0%30.8%41.78%−0.474+0.104
ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 21,042 bp37.4%25.6%8.6%28.3%36.95%−0.532+0.187
COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I1,544 bp29.3%28.3%16.5%25.9%42.36%−0.223+0.018
COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II684 bp34.8%26.8%12.6%25.9%38.45%−0.346+0.131
ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8204 bp39.7%29.4%6.4%24.5%30.88%−0.587+0.149
ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6681 bp30.5%28.5%10.6%30.4%40.97%−0.484+0.035
COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III784 bp29.0%27.4%14.9%28.7%43.62%−0.316+0.027
ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3347 bp31.7%28.5%12.7%27.1%39.77%−0.362+0.053
ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L297 bp27.6%31.6%12.8%27.9%40.74%−0.372−0.068
ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 41,378 bp33.2%26.6%11.0%29.2%40.20%−0.455+0.112
ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 51,830 bp34.6%26.0%10.6%28.9%39.45%−0.463+0.143
ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6534 bp43.1%19.5%9.4%28.1%37.45%−0.500+0.377
CYTBCytochrome b1,140 bp31.5%26.1%12.3%30.1%42.37%−0.420+0.093
12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA960 bp37.8%22.0%17.1%23.1%40.21%−0.150+0.265
16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA1,576 bp37.8%23.5%16.8%22.0%38.71%−0.134+0.234
D-loopControl region (D-loop)970 bp33.4%26.7%14.5%25.4%39.90%−0.271+0.111

Codon usage

Counts per codon, darker is more frequent

3,804 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).

Phe F6.1%
UUU88
UUC144
Leu L15.8%
UUA106
UUG14
CUU51
CUC83
CUA310
CUG37
Ile I8.6%
AUU140
AUC186
Met M6.8%
AUA231
AUG26
Val V4.8%
GUU34
GUC34
GUA98
GUG17
Ser S7.5%
UCU41
UCC76
UCA103
UCG8
AGU11
AGC45
Pro P5.2%
CCU41
CCC74
CCA82
CCG1
Thr T8.5%
ACU63
ACC101
ACA148
ACG11
Ala A6.5%
GCU47
GCC106
GCA90
GCG4
Tyr Y3.5%
UAU54
UAC79
His H2.5%
CAU32
CAC64
Gln Q2.3%
CAA82
CAG5
Asn N4.1%
AAU56
AAC100
Lys K2.7%
AAA93
AAG8
Asp D1.8%
GAU23
GAC44
Glu E2.6%
GAA84
GAG14
Cys C0.6%
UGU6
UGC18
Trp W2.8%
UGA99
UGG6
Arg R1.7%
CGU3
CGC17
CGA42
CGG2
Gly G5.7%
GGU24
GGC56
GGA109
GGG26
Stop 0.2%
UAA6
UAG0
AGA1
AGG0

Genome map

38 annotated features in NC_020646.1

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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 (39.9%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 38 features as a table
FeatureTypeStartEndLengthStrandGC
tRNA-PheTransfer RNA17070 bp+–
12S rRNARibosomal RNA711,030960 bp+40.2%
tRNA-ValTransfer RNA1,0311,09969 bp+–
16S rRNARibosomal RNA1,0992,6741,576 bp+38.7%
tRNA-Leu (UUR)Transfer RNA2,6752,74975 bp+–
ND1Protein-coding gene2,7523,706955 bp+41.8%
tRNA-IleTransfer RNA3,7073,77670 bp+–
tRNA-GlnTransfer RNA3,7743,84774 bp−–
tRNA-MetTransfer RNA3,8493,91769 bp+–
ND2Protein-coding gene3,9184,9591,042 bp+37.0%
tRNA-TrpTransfer RNA4,9605,02667 bp+–
tRNA-AlaTransfer RNA5,0375,10569 bp+–
tRNA-AsnTransfer RNA5,1065,17873 bp+–
tRNA-CysTransfer RNA5,2125,27968 bp−–
tRNA-TyrTransfer RNA5,2795,34769 bp−–
COX1Protein-coding gene5,3496,8921,544 bp+42.4%
tRNA-Ser (UCN)Transfer RNA6,8906,96475 bp−–
tRNA-AspTransfer RNA6,9697,03567 bp+–
COX2Protein-coding gene7,0367,719684 bp+38.5%
tRNA-LysTransfer RNA7,7237,79169 bp+–
ATP8Protein-coding gene7,7937,996204 bp+30.9%
ATP6Protein-coding gene7,9548,634681 bp+41.0%
COX3Protein-coding gene8,6349,417784 bp+43.6%
tRNA-GlyTransfer RNA9,4189,48770 bp+–
ND3Protein-coding gene9,4889,834347 bp+39.8%
tRNA-ArgTransfer RNA9,8359,90268 bp+–
ND4LProtein-coding gene9,90310,199297 bp+40.7%
ND4Protein-coding gene10,19311,5701,378 bp+40.2%
tRNA-HisTransfer RNA11,57111,63969 bp+–
tRNA-Ser (AGY)Transfer RNA11,64011,70162 bp+–
tRNA-Leu (CUN)Transfer RNA11,70211,77170 bp+–
ND5Protein-coding gene11,76313,5921,830 bp+39.5%
ND6Protein-coding gene13,57614,109534 bp−37.5%
tRNA-GluTransfer RNA14,11014,17869 bp−–
CYTBProtein-coding gene14,18315,3221,140 bp+42.4%
tRNA-ThrTransfer RNA15,32315,38967 bp+–
tRNA-ProTransfer RNA15,39015,45566 bp−–
D-loopControl region15,45616,425970 bp–39.9%

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