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Published on: January 25, 2019
The chloroplast genome sequence of Commelina communis (Commelinaceae)
Yong Cui1,2, Rifan Liang2
1College of Horticulture and Landscape, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China.
Abstract:
Commelina communis is a hyperaccumulator on heavy metal with high drought resistance and endurance. Using Illumina next-generation sequencing data, its chloroplast genome is assembled and characterized. The complete chloroplast genome is 159,664 bp in length, consisting of a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 26,146 bp each, an 88,854 bp large single-copy (LSC) region and an 18,518 bp small single-copy (SSC) region. It has 137 genes in total, comprising 81 unique protein-coding genes, 32 unique tRNA genes, and 7 rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis based on the complete chloroplast genome sequences indicates that C. communis is sister to Belosynapsis ciliata among species with available chloroplast genome sequences.
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