Genes, Vol. 14, Pages 2136: Chloroplast Genome Comparison and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Commercial Variety Actinidia chinensis & lsquo;Hongyang & rsquo;

Genes, Vol. 14, Pages 2136: Chloroplast Genome Comparison and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Commercial Variety Actinidia chinensis ‘Hongyang’ Genes doi: 10.3390/genes14122136 Authors: Han Liu Xia Liu Chong Sun Hong-Lei Li Zhe-Xin Li Yuan Guo Xue-Qian Fu Qin-Hong Liao Wen-Lin Zhang Yi-Qing Liu Actinidia chinensis ‘Hongyang’, also known as red yangtao (red heart kiwifruit), is a vine fruit tree native to China possessing significant nutritional and economic value. However, information on its genetic diversity and phylogeny is still very limited. The first chloroplast (cp) genome of A. chinensis ‘Hongyang’ cultivated in China was sequenced using de novo technology in this study. A. chinensis ‘Hongyang’ possesses a cp genome that spans 156,267 base pairs (bp), exhibiting an overall GC content of 37.20%. There were 132 genes that were annotated, with 85 of them being protein-coding genes, 39 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and 8 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. A total of 49 microsatellite sequences (SSRs) were detected, mainly single nucleotide repeats, mostly consisting of A or T base repeats. Compared with 14 other species, the cp genomes of A. chinensis ‘Hongyang’ were biased towards the use of codons containing A/U, and the non-protein coding regions in the A. chinensis ‘Hongyang’ cpDNA showed greater va...
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