title: The complete chloroplast genome of Cynara humilis.
abstract: The complete chloroplast genome of the wild thistle Cynara humilis L. (Asteraceae) is presented in this study. The genome is 152,585 bp in length and has a quadripartite structure composed by a large single-copy (LSC) of 83,622 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) of 18,651 bp and two inverted repeats (IRb/a) of 25,156 bp each. The GC content corresponds to 37.7%. The amount of unique genes is 114, in which 17 are duplicated in the IRs, for a total of 131 genes. A maximum parsimony phylogenetic analysis revealed that C. humilis chloroplast genome is closely related to that of the globe artichoke within the Carduoideae subfamily.
authors: a Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR) - National Research Council (CNR) , Bari , Italy.
authors: Pasquale Luca
authors: PL
authors: Curci
authors: a Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR) - National Research Council (CNR) , Bari , Italy.
authors: Gabriella
authors: G
authors: Sonnante
mesh_terms: D031942:Cynara / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D017343:Genes, Plant; D054628:Genome, Chloroplast; D010802:Phylogeny; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
keywords: Asteraceae; Carduoideae; Cynara humilis; chloroplast genome; phylogeny