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. 2019 Jul 12;4(2):2403-2404.
doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1636727.

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Vitellaria paradoxa

Yi Wang  1 , Xiaolong Yuan  1 , Zhonghua Chen  1 , Ting Luo  1
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Vitellaria paradoxa

Yi Wang et al. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. .

Abstract

Vitellaria paradoxa is an important economical tree in Africa. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of V. paradoxa was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data. The cpDNA is 159,725 bp in length, contains a large single copy region (LSC) of 88,720 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 19,338 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 25,981 bp. The genome contains 130 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 38 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content of the whole genome is 36.7% and the corresponding values of the LSC, SSC, and IR regions are 34.6, 30.0, and 42.9%, respectively. Further phylogenomic analysis showed that V. paradoxa clustered together with Sideroxylon wightianum.

Keywords: Illumina sequencing; Vitellaria paradoxa; chloroplast; phylogenetic analysis.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The maximum-likelihood tree based on the 9 chloroplast genomes of order Ericales. The bootstrap value based on 1000 replicates is shown on each node.
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