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Optimization and Comparative Analysis of Plant Organellar DNA Enrichment Methods Suitable for Next-generation Sequencing
Published on: July 28, 2017
The complete chloroplast genome of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
Qing-Xia Ding1, Jia Liu1, Li-Zhi Gao1,2
1Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
Abstract:
Eggplant Solanum melongena L. is one of the most economically important vegetable crops. Here, we report the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of eggplant. The cp genome size was 154,289 bp that contained a pair of IR regions of 25,566 bp, one large single-copy (LSC) of 84,749 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) of 18,408bp, respectively. It encoded 125 predicted unique functional genes, including 84 tRNA genes, 85 protein-coding genes and 8 rRNA genes. The GC content was 37.86%. Phylogenetic analysis clearly showed a close evolutionary relationship between S. melongena and other species in the genus Solanum. The complete chloroplast genome of S. melongena provides valuable data for genetic improvement and allele mining of eggplant germplasm.
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