The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Juniperus saltuaria (Cupressaceae)

Xinjun Zhang; Xingle Qu; Jiangrong Li; Jian Huang; Yuhuan Jia; Shujun Chen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1781559

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Juniperus saltuaria (Cupressaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jun 24;5(3):2565-2567. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1781559.

Authors

Xinjun Zhang^{1

2}, Xingle Qu^{1

2}, Jiangrong Li^{1

2}, Jian Huang³, Yuhuan Jia³, Shujun Chen³

Affiliations

¹ Res. Institute of Tibet Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi, China.
² Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau (Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University), Ministry of Education, Nyingchi, China.
³ College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.

Abstract

In order to supply genetic information of Juniperus saltuaria, we reported the complete chloroplast genome sequence based on high-throughput sequencing data. The whole chloroplast genome was 128,099 bp long with an asymmetric base composition (32.9% A, 16.9% C, 18.1% G and 32.1% T). The genome annotation predicted a total of 116 genes, including 82 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. The neighbor-joining phylogenetic analysis based on 45 complete chloroplast genome sequences showed that J. saltuaria was more closely related to the congeneric J. recurva. The assembled chloroplast genome of J. saltuaria will provide useful genomic data both for the phylogenetic research of Juniperus and the conservation of this species.

Keywords: Illumina sequencing; Juniperus saltuaria; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by the Open Research Fund from the Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau (Tibet Agriculture & Animal Husbandry University), Ministry of Education, China [Grant XZA-JYBSYS-2019-02].