The complete chloroplast genome sequence of precious tree, Magnolia baillonii

Jinfeng Zhang; Dejun Yang; Yi Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1660248

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of precious tree, Magnolia baillonii

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Sep 2;4(2):2841-2842. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1660248.

Authors

Jinfeng Zhang¹, Dejun Yang¹, Yi Wang¹

Affiliation

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

Abstract

Magnolia baillonii is an important tropical and sub-tropical precious wood tree species in China. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of M. baillonii was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data. The cpDNA is 160,107 bp in length, contains a large single copy region (LSC) of 88,141 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 18,905 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 26,574 bp. The genome contains 132 genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, eight ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content of the whole genome is 39.3%. Further phylogenomic analysis showed that M. baillonii clustered together with Magnolia insignis.

Keywords: Magnolia baillonii; chloroplast genome; precious wood.