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The complete chloroplast genome of Anoectochilus roxburghii
Xu Zeng1, Mengmeng Liu1, Yuanyuan Li1
1a Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
We determined the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of Anoectochilus roxburghii, a well-known medicinal orchid. The total genome size was 156,252 bp in length, containing a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 26,591 bp, a large single copy (LSC) of 84,665 bp and a small single copy (SSC) of 18,405 bp. The overall GC content of the genome was 37.71%. The cp genome of A. roxburghii contained 87 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. Of these 18 genes, one or two contained introns. A maximum parsimony phylogenetic tree revealed that the cp genome of A. roxburghii was closely related to that of the orchid within the Orchidoideae subfamily.
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