Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Gymnocarpos przewalskii, an endangered species in China and Mongolia

  • Technical Note
  • Published:
Conservation Genetics Resources Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Gymnocarpos przewalskii (Caryophyllaceae) is a desert shrub, which is listed as an endangered species in the Red List of China. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of G. przewalskii is reported. The genome size is 150,636 bp, with an average GC content of 36.5%, containing a pair of inverted repeat (IR, 25,350 bp) regions, separated by a large single copy (LSC, 83,114 bp) and a small single copy (SSC, 16,822 bp) region. There are 111 genes, including 77 protein coding genes, 30 tRNA genes and 4 rRNA genes. We also reconstructed the phylogeny of Caryophyllaceae based on all published cp genomes. The maximum likelihood (ML) trees supported Gymnocarpos as the basal taxon of Caryophyllaceae.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2

References

  • Chai YQ, Cao ZZ, Cai ZS, Wang LX, Li XL (2010) The spatial distribution patterns of rare plant Gymnocarpos przewalskii communities in Subei. Pratacultural Sci 19:239–249

    Google Scholar 

  • Kang JS, Lee BY, Kwak M (2017) The complete chloroplast genome sequences of Lychnis wilfordii and Silene capitata and comparative analyses with other Caryophyllaceae genomes. PLoS ONE 12:e0172924

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lohse M, Drechsel O, Kahlau S, Bock R (2013) Organellar genome DRAW—a suite of tools for generating physical maps of plastid and mitochondrial genomes and vis ualizing expression data sets. Nucleic Acids Res 41:W575–W581

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ma SM, Zhang ML (2012) Phylogeography and conservation genetics of the relic Gymnocarpos przewalskii (Caryophyllaceae) restricted to northwestern China. Conserv Genet 13:1531–1541

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ma SM, Zhang ML, Zhang HX, Meng HH, Chen X (2010) Predicting potential geographical distributions and patterns of the relic plant Gymnocarpos przewalskii. Chin J Plant Ecol 34:1327–1335

    Google Scholar 

  • Miller MA, Pfeiffer W, Schwartz T (2010) Creating the CIPRES Science Gateway for inference of large phylogenetic trees. In: Gateway computing environments workshop (GCE), New Orleans, LA, pp 1–8

  • Oxelman B, Ahlgren B, Thulin M (2002) Circumscription and phylogenetic relationships of Gymnocarpos (Caryophyllaceae, Paronychioideae). Edinb J Bot 59:221–237

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Petrusson L, Thulin M (1996) Taxonomy and biogeography of Gymnocarpos (Caryophyllaceae). Edinb J Bot 53:1–26

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wyman SK, Jansen RK, Boore JL (2004) Automatic annotation of organellar genomes with DOGMA. Bioinformatics 20:3252–3255

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31360097) and the Principal Foundation of Tarim University (TDZKSS201301).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Zhaoping Yang, Li Pan & Chengxin Fu

  2. College of Life Sciences, Tarim University, Alaer, 843300, China

    Zhaoping Yang & Yunyan Zhang

  3. College of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Yunyan Zhang

Authors
  1. Zhaoping Yang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yunyan Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Li Pan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Chengxin Fu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Chengxin Fu.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Yang, Z., Zhang, Y., Pan, L. et al. Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Gymnocarpos przewalskii, an endangered species in China and Mongolia. Conservation Genet Resour 10, 717–721 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-017-0909-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-017-0909-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation