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Characterization of the complete plastid genome of Castanopsis hainanensis Merrill

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Castanopsis hainanensis Merrill, an endemic species distributed in Hainan, China, is an insular subspecies of Castanopsis indica. In this study, the whole chloroplast (cp) genome of C. hainanensis was determined by Illumina pair-end sequencing. The complete cp genome is 160,631 bp in length, there are a pair of 25,687 bp inverted repeat region separated by one large single copy region of 90,328 and one small single copy region of 18,929. The cp genome encoded 40 transfer RNA genes, eight ribosomal RNA genes and 84 protein-coding genes. The overall GC content of the whole cp genome is 36.8%. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that C. hainanensis is closely related to Castanopsis echinocarpa with strong bootstrap values.

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This research was financially supported by the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT1174) and the Key Laboratory Program Founded by the Education Department of Shaanxi Province (12JS083).

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  1. Xiaodan Chen and Jia Yang have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, 229 Northern Taibai Road, Xi’an, 710069, China

    Xiaodan Chen, Jia Yang, Yanci Yang, Xiao Zhang, Xiaomin Du & Guifang Zhao

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Chen, X., Yang, J., Yang, Y. et al. Characterization of the complete plastid genome of Castanopsis hainanensis Merrill. Conservation Genet Resour 10, 825–828 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-017-0940-9

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