The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Vitellaria paradoxa

Yi Wang; Xiaolong Yuan; Zhonghua Chen; Ting Luo

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1636727

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Vitellaria paradoxa

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 12;4(2):2403-2404. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1636727.

Authors

Yi Wang¹, Xiaolong Yuan¹, Zhonghua Chen¹, Ting Luo¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Forest Plant Cultivation and Utilization, Yunnan Academy of Forestry, Kunming Yunnan, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

Vitellaria paradoxa is an important economical tree in Africa. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of V. paradoxa was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data. The cpDNA is 159,725 bp in length, contains a large single copy region (LSC) of 88,720 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 19,338 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 25,981 bp. The genome contains 130 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 38 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content of the whole genome is 36.7% and the corresponding values of the LSC, SSC, and IR regions are 34.6, 30.0, and 42.9%, respectively. Further phylogenomic analysis showed that V. paradoxa clustered together with Sideroxylon wightianum.

Keywords: Illumina sequencing; Vitellaria paradoxa; chloroplast; phylogenetic analysis.