title: Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Juniperus cedrus (Cupressaceae).
abstract: The complete chloroplast genome of Juniperus cedrus is a circular molecule of 127 126 bp in length with 115 single copy genes and two duplicated genes (trnI-CAU and trnQ-UUG). The genome contains 82 protein-coding genes, four ribosomal RNA genes and 33 transfer RNA genes. In these genes, eight genes (rpl16, rpl2, rpoC1, petD, petB, ndhB, ndhA and atpF) harbor a single intron and two genes (rps12 and ycf3) harbor two introns. Like other sequenced chloroplast genomes of conifers, this genome does not contain canonical inverted repeats (IRs), and the overall GC content of J. cedrus chloroplast DNA is 35%. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that J. cedrus is more closely related to J. scopulorum and J. bermudiana.
authors.affiliation: a Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Tibet University , Nyingchi , Tibet , China.|b Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau (Tibet University) Ministry of Education , Nyingchi , Tibet , China.|c National Key Station for Field Scientific Observation & Experiment , Nyingchi , Tibet , China , and.
authors.forename: Qiqiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: d Research Institute of Forestry Investigation in Tibet Autonomous Region , Lhasa , Tibet , China.
authors.forename: Duoji
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bianba
authors.affiliation: a Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Tibet University , Nyingchi , Tibet , China.|b Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau (Tibet University) Ministry of Education , Nyingchi , Tibet , China.|c National Key Station for Field Scientific Observation & Experiment , Nyingchi , Tibet , China , and.
authors.forename: Weilie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D005075:Biological Evolution; D028203:Cedrus / Q000235:genetics*; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics; D029779:Cupressaceae / Q000235:genetics; D018742:DNA, Chloroplast / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics; D054628:Genome, Chloroplast / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D018653:Juniperus / Q000235:genetics; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D018742:DNA, Chloroplast
keywords: Conifer; illumina sequencing; juniper; phylogeny; plastid genome