The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Quercus sessilifolia Blume (Fagaceae)

Shuifei Chen; Wenwen Zhang; Yao Li; Xiaomin Ge; Xu Zhou; Yaping Hu; Hui Ding

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.2017366

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Quercus sessilifolia Blume (Fagaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jan 10;7(1):182-184. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.2017366. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Shuifei Chen¹, Wenwen Zhang¹, Yao Li², Xiaomin Ge¹, Xu Zhou¹, Yaping Hu¹, Hui Ding¹

Affiliations

¹ Research Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Biosafety/State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Ecological Environment of Wuyi Mountains/Biodiversity Comprehensive Observation Station for Wuyi Mountains/State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory on Biosafety, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing, China.
² Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Subtropical Forest Biodiversity Conservation, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

Quercus sessilifolia Blume is one of the dominant tree species in East Asian evergreen broadleaved forests. In this study, we assembled and characterized the plastome of Q. sessilifolia using Illumina paired-end data. The circular genome is 160,813 bp in size, consisting of two copies of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 25,862 bp, one large single-copy (LSC) region of 90,218 bp, and one small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,871 bp. It encodes a total of 113 unique genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis based on 28 chloroplast genome sequences indicated that Q. sessilifolia was most closely related to Q. myrsinifolia with 90% bootstrap support.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Fagaceae; phylogeny; Quercus sessilifolia.

Grants and funding

The work was supported by the Basic Scientific Research Funds Programs in the National Public Welfare Research Institutes of China [GYZX200203, 210503], the Biodiversity Investigation, Observation and Assessment Program [2019-2023] of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020M681629], the Jiangsu Postdoctoral Research Funding Program [2021K038A], and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).