The complete chloroplast genome sequence of spleen amaranth (Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell., Amaranthaceae)

Xin-Yan Xu; Jing Yan; Hui-Ru Li; Yu-Qing Feng; Zhe-Chen Qi; Xiao-Ling Yan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1992318

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of spleen amaranth (Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell., Amaranthaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Oct 23;6(11):3267-3268. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1992318. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Xin-Yan Xu^{1

2}, Jing Yan¹, Hui-Ru Li¹, Yu-Qing Feng², Zhe-Chen Qi^{2

3}, Xiao-Ling Yan¹

Affiliations

¹ Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China.
² Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.
³ Shaoxing Academy of Biomedicine of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Shaoxing, China.

Abstract

Amaranthus dubius is a leafy vegetable widely cultivated in Asia and Africa. The complete chloroplast genome of Amaranthus dubius was sequenced and assembled in this study. The complete chloroplast genome is 150,520 bp. A total of 130 genes were identified, including 85 protein-coding genes, eight rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. The overall GC content of this genome was 36.6%. The phylogenetic tree based on 10 chloroplast genomes in Amaranthaceae supports that A. dubius is sister to A. hypochondriacus and A. caudatus.

Keywords: Amaranthus dubius; chloroplast genome; naturalized; phylogenetic.

Associated data

figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.16530771

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY21C030008], the Chenshan Special Foundations from Shanghai Municipal Administration of Forestation and City Appearances [G212405], the Fundamental Research Funds of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [2020Q031], the Open Fund of Shaoxing Academy of Biomedicine of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [SXAB202020], and the Open Fund of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources [PFGR202002, PFGR202104].