The complete mitochondrial genome of Aucklandia lappa Decne. (Asteraceae, Aucklandia Falc.)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 May 19;6(6):1691-1693. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1914524.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Aucklandia lappa was sequenced for the first time. The mitochondrial genome length was 320,439 bp, with 45.05% GC contents. There were 67 genes annotated, including 31 known protein-coding genes, 25 tRNAs, and six rRNAs. The maximum likelihood method was used to establish the phylogenetic tree of 37 species. Results have shown that A. lappa and Arctium lappa were sister groups. It reveals the genetic relationship between different species and provides a theoretical basis for the establishment of a classification system.

Keywords: Aucklandia lappa; Complete mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic tree.

Grants and funding

This research was funded by 2019 Liaoning Provincial Department of Education Scientific Research Project, China [No. L201942], National Key Research and Development in the 13th Five-Year Plan [No. 2018YFC1708200], Major Special Fund for Science and Technology of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [No. 2019ZD004], Natural Science Fund Project of Liaoning Province [No. 2020-MS-224] Mongolian Medicine R & D National Local Joint Engineering Research Center Open Fund Project, China [No. MDK2019047] and the National Natural Science Foundation of China [General Program, Grant Numbers 81874338].