Vulpes lagopus
Arctic fox
GC content
40.95%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,274 bp
D-loop 1,196 bp
Where Arctic fox sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Arctic fox has the 1,137th longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other mammals
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome16,656 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.278
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.060
Life history
- Maximum lifespan
- 16.3 years
- Adult weight
- 5.2 kg
- Birth weight
- 70 g
- Basal metabolic rate
- 7.665 W
- Body temperature
- 38.6 °C
- Female sexual maturity
- 304 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 304 days
- Gestation or incubation
- 52 days
- Litter or clutch size
- 9
- Litters per year
- 1
Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge Build 15 (HAGRID 02095)
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
- 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 RefSeqWhole genome16,656 bp
Protein-coding11,339 bp
12S rRNA957 bp
16S rRNA1,579 bp
All tRNA1,510 bp
D-loop1,196 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 956 bp | 43.10% | −0.354 | −0.048 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,042 bp | 38.00% | −0.470 | +0.108 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,545 bp | 43.04% | −0.152 | −0.061 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 684 bp | 39.33% | −0.279 | +0.089 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 204 bp | 38.73% | −0.468 | +0.152 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 681 bp | 41.41% | −0.397 | +0.018 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 784 bp | 44.13% | −0.289 | −0.059 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 347 bp | 45.53% | −0.278 | +0.005 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 39.73% | −0.203 | −0.050 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,378 bp | 42.02% | −0.375 | +0.019 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,821 bp | 40.75% | −0.369 | +0.018 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 528 bp | 37.88% | −0.470 | +0.280 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,140 bp | 43.86% | −0.348 | +0.013 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 957 bp | 40.54% | −0.088 | +0.216 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,579 bp | 37.87% | −0.077 | +0.185 | |||||
| D-loopControl region (D-loop) | 1,196 bp | 44.23% | −0.323 | +0.064 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,800 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).
Phe F6.0%
UUU95
UUC134
Leu L15.6%
UUA92
UUG35
CUU72
CUC106
CUA220
CUG66
Ile I8.8%
AUU168
AUC165
Met M6.6%
AUA191
AUG60
Val V4.9%
GUU47
GUC39
GUA83
GUG17
Ser S7.5%
UCU66
UCC70
UCA76
UCG21
AGU22
AGC31
Pro P5.1%
CCU58
CCC57
CCA69
CCG9
Thr T8.1%
ACU78
ACC101
ACA113
ACG17
Ala A6.8%
GCU56
GCC96
GCA90
GCG18
Tyr Y3.6%
UAU56
UAC80
His H2.7%
CAU30
CAC72
Gln Q2.3%
CAA67
CAG21
Asn N3.9%
AAU67
AAC83
Lys K2.7%
AAA83
AAG20
Asp D1.9%
GAU28
GAC45
Glu E2.4%
GAA59
GAG34
Cys C0.6%
UGU7
UGC17
Trp W2.7%
UGA86
UGG18
Arg R1.7%
CGU7
CGC12
CGA39
CGG8
Gly G5.7%
GGU34
GGC55
GGA85
GGG41
Stop 0.2%
UAA7
UAG0
AGA1
AGG0
Genome map
38 annotated features in NC_026529.1Hover, 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 (40.9%, 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 | 1,026 | 957 bp | + | 40.5% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,027 | 1,093 | 67 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,094 | 2,672 | 1,579 bp | + | 37.9% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 2,673 | 2,747 | 75 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,750 | 3,705 | 956 bp | + | 43.1% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 3,706 | 3,774 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 3,772 | 3,845 | 74 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 3,847 | 3,916 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 3,917 | 4,958 | 1,042 bp | + | 38.0% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 4,959 | 5,026 | 68 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 5,039 | 5,107 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,109 | 5,179 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,213 | 5,281 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,282 | 5,349 | 68 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,351 | 6,895 | 1,545 bp | + | 43.0% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 6,893 | 6,961 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 6,968 | 7,035 | 68 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 7,036 | 7,719 | 684 bp | + | 39.3% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 7,737 | 7,803 | 67 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 7,805 | 8,008 | 204 bp | + | 38.7% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 7,966 | 8,646 | 681 bp | + | 41.4% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,646 | 9,429 | 784 bp | + | 44.1% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,430 | 9,497 | 68 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,498 | 9,844 | 347 bp | + | 45.5% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 9,845 | 9,913 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 9,914 | 10,210 | 297 bp | + | 39.7% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,204 | 11,581 | 1,378 bp | + | 42.0% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,582 | 11,651 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 11,652 | 11,710 | 59 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 11,711 | 11,780 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 11,781 | 13,601 | 1,821 bp | + | 40.8% |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 13,585 | 14,112 | 528 bp | − | 37.9% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 14,113 | 14,181 | 69 bp | − | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 14,186 | 15,325 | 1,140 bp | + | 43.9% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 15,326 | 15,395 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 15,395 | 15,460 | 66 bp | + | – |
| D-loop | Control region | 15,461 | 16,656 | 1,196 bp | – | 44.2% |