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The whole chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of Camptotheca acuminata has been characterized from Illumina pair-end sequencing. The complete cp genome was 162,382 bp in length, containing a large single copy region (LSC) of 89,493 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 16,540 bp, which were separated by two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 56,648 bp. The genome contained 129 genes, including 83 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes and 8 ribosomal RNA genes (4 rRNA species). The most of gene species occur as a single copy, while 18 gene species occur in double copies. The overall GC content of C. acuminata cp genome is 38%, while the corresponding values of the LSC, SSC and IR regions are 36.2, 32.7 and 42.3%, respectively. Further, phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. acuminata is closely related to the species of Davidia involucrata.
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31500502).
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Weiwei Wang and Hang Liu have contributed equally to this work.
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Supplementary Figure S1. The phylogenetic tree based on the 11 complete chloroplast genome sequences. Accession numbers: Camptotheca acuminate KY197962, Davidia involucrate KX021372, Diplopanax stachyanthus NC_029750, Hydrangea serrata KU140669, Swida controversa KU852492, Nicotiana tabacum Z00044, Atropa belladonna NC_004561, Panax ginseng KF431956, Actinidia chinensis KP297245, pinacia oleracea AJ400848, Zea mays NC_001666. (PDF 331 KB)
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Wang, W., Liu, H., He, Q. et al. Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Camptotheca acuminata . Conservation Genet Resour 9, 241–243 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-016-0662-4
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