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Novel Sequence Discovery by Subtractive Genomics
Published on: January 25, 2019
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Begonia ferox, an endangered species in China
Yangming Zhou1, Xuan Yang1, Qiongyue Liang2
1College of Tourism and Landscape Architecture, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China.
Abstract:
Begonia ferox C.I Peng & Yan Liu (2013) was rated as endangered according to Red List of Chinese Plants. In this study, we report the complete chloroplast genome of B. ferox. The chloroplast genome is 169,114 bp in length as the circular, with the GC content of 35.5%, composed by a large single-copy (LSC) region of 75,887 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,105 bp, and two inverted repeat regions (IRs) of 37,561 bp in each. The genome comprises 174 encoded genes in total, including 114 protein-coding genes, eight ribosomal RNA genes, and 52 transfer RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that B. ferox is genetically closest to B. gulongshanensis.
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