The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Altingia excelsa

Dejun Yang; Qiong Qiu; Linhong Xu; Yumei Xu; Yi Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1710277

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Altingia excelsa

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 14;5(1):534-535. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1710277.

Authors

Dejun Yang^{1

2}, Qiong Qiu¹, Linhong Xu¹, Yumei Xu¹, Yi Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Tropical Forestry, Yunnan Academy of Forestry, Puwen, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
² Laboratory of Forest Plant Cultivation and Utilization, Yunnan Academy of Forestry, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

The first complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of Altingia excelsa was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data in this study. The cpDNA is 160,861 bp in length, contains a large single copy region (LSC) of 89,126 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 19,011 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IR) regions of 26,362 bp each. The genome contains 127 genes, including 82 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. Phylogenomic analysis showed that A. excelsa and Liquidambar formosana clustered in a clade in Saxifragales order.

Keywords: Altingia excelsa; Illumina sequencing; chloroplast; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Yunnan Key Research and Development Project in Forestry [2018BB007] and Construction project of Xishuangbanna High-Efficiency Cultivation Test and Demonstration Base for Valuable Timber Tree Plantation.