Consistent with previous results on the Phasianidae mitogenomes, the mitochondrial sequences of four Crossoptilon species (C. harmani, C. mantchuricum, C. crossoptilon and C. auritum) are biased toward adenine and thymine (54.3%, 54.2%, 54.3%, and 54.2%, respectively).
Burlington is a city and the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,663 in the 2010 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in the 2000 census. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area including West Burlington, Iowa and Middletown, Iowa and Gulfport, Illinois. Burlington is the home of Snake Alley, once labelled the crookedest alley in the world.
Peosta is currently the seventh-largest city in Dubuque County, but it will likely soon pass Farley (pop. 1,537) and Epworth (pop. 1,860) to become the fifth-largest. The community is home to a large industrial park, the largest campus of Northeast Iowa Community College, and a handful of new commercial businesses.