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Construction of a complete chloroplast genome of wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)
Article number
1411_18
Pages
177 – 184
Language
English
Abstract
In this study, we report the complete chloroplast genome of wax gourd, an important vegetable crop of the Cucurbitaceae family.
The chloroplast genome of wax gourd is circular and 156,758 bp in length, with a large single copy region of 86,528 bp, a small single copy region of 18,060 bp, and two inverted-repeat regions, each 26,085 bp.
It contains a total of 131 genes, 37 tRNA, 8 rRNA and 86 mRNA. The GC content of this chloroplast genome is 37.21%. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that the chloroplast genome contained relatively less variation between two different wax gourd ecotypes.
The phylogenetic analysis revealed that wax gourd had a relatively closer relationship with Lagenaria siceraria in Cucurbitaceae family.
The chloroplast genome of wax gourd is circular and 156,758 bp in length, with a large single copy region of 86,528 bp, a small single copy region of 18,060 bp, and two inverted-repeat regions, each 26,085 bp.
It contains a total of 131 genes, 37 tRNA, 8 rRNA and 86 mRNA. The GC content of this chloroplast genome is 37.21%. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that the chloroplast genome contained relatively less variation between two different wax gourd ecotypes.
The phylogenetic analysis revealed that wax gourd had a relatively closer relationship with Lagenaria siceraria in Cucurbitaceae family.
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Authors
Jinqiang Yan, Wenrui Liu, Dasen Xie, Biao Jiang
Keywords
wax gourd, chloroplast genome, assembly, phylogenetic relationship
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