Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Linnaea borealis, a rare, clonal self-incompatible plant

Hairui Liu; Mingze Xia; Qingmeng Xiao; Jie Fang; Anqi Wang; Shilong Chen; Dejun Zhang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1698995

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Linnaea borealis, a rare, clonal self-incompatible plant

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 12;5(1):200-201. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1698995.

Authors

Hairui Liu^{1

2}, Mingze Xia³, Qingmeng Xiao², Jie Fang², Anqi Wang², Shilong Chen³, Dejun Zhang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining, China.
² College of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China.

Abstract

Linnaea borealis L. is a creeping shrub which grows about 5-10 cm high and is a rare clonal plant. Linnaea is a monotypic genus. Here, we release and detail the complete chloroplast genome sequences of L. borealis, whose size is 161,576 bp, containing a large single copy region (LSC) of 85,609 bp and a single copy region (SSC) of 46,694 bp which typically separates by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 29,210 bp. The amount of the overall genes is 136, which includes 37 tRNA genes, eight rRNA genes, and 91 protein-coding genes. The content of the G/C in whole plastome is 61.74% while the G/C content of the LSC, SSC, and IR region are 36.58%, 38.86%, and 42.25%, respectively. The complete cp genome sequences of L. borealis will be a useful resource to the phylogenetics study in family Caprifoliaceae.

Keywords: Linnaea borealis; complete chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

The study is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Qinghai Province, China [2019-ZJ-951Q] and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA20050204].