The complete chloroplast genome of Quercus fenchengensis and the phylogenetic implication

Hua-Lei Hu; Lian-Zhen Wang; Jian Yang; Ru-Song Zhang; Qun Li; Yan-Qun Liu; Li Qin

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1666040

The complete chloroplast genome of Quercus fenchengensis and the phylogenetic implication

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Sep 20;4(2):3066-3067. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1666040.

Authors

Hua-Lei Hu¹, Lian-Zhen Wang², Jian Yang¹, Ru-Song Zhang¹, Qun Li¹, Yan-Qun Liu¹, Li Qin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sericulture, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
² Research Group of Oaks, Sericultural Institute of Liaoning Province, Fengcheng, Liaoning, China.

Abstract

Quercus fenchengsis is a rare Chinese oak species sporadically recorded in Fengcheng, Liaoning, Yuntai Mountain, Henan, and Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi. Here, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of Q. fenchengensis was first reported. The cp genome is 161,296 bp in length with a GC content of 36.81%, and encodes 134 genes (86 protein-coding genes, 40 tRNA genes and eight rRNA genes). The phylogenetic tree based on the cp genome confirmed that Q. fenchengensis has a close relationship with Quercus aliena acutiserrata and Quercus dentata, consistent with the previous morphology-based suggestion that it would be a hybrid of Q. aliena acutiserrata and Q. dentata.

Keywords: Quercus fenchengensis; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic relationship.