Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Ulleung-do Island endemic , Zabelia insularis (Caprifoliaceae), in Korea

Woong Lee; Ji Young Yang; Seung-Chul Kim; Jae-Hong Pak

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1692730

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Ulleung-do Island endemic , Zabelia insularis (Caprifoliaceae), in Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Nov 20;4(2):4134-4135. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1692730.

Authors

Woong Lee¹, Ji Young Yang¹, Seung-Chul Kim², Jae-Hong Pak³

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleung-do Island, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
³ Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleung-do Island and Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The first complete chloroplast genome sequence of Korean insular endemic to Ulleung-do Island, Zabelia insularis, was reported in this study. The plastome size was 158,100 bp in total length, with one large single copy (90,529 bp), one small single copy (17,235 bp), and two inverted repeat (IR) regions (IR_a and IR_b, each with 25,168 bp). The overall GC content was 38.3% and the genome contained 130 genes, including 83 protein-coding, 37 transfer RNA, and 8 ribosomal RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis of 15 representative plastomes within the Caprifoliaceae suggests that Z. insularis is closely related to the species in the genus Patrinia.

Keywords: Caprifoliaceae; Linnaea clade sensu lato; Ulleung-do Island; Zabelia insularis; chloroplast genome.