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The whole chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of Cupressus chengiana has been characterized from Illumina pair-end sequencing. The circular genome is 128,151 bp in length with 115 single copy genes and two duplicated genes (trnl-CAU, trnQ-UUG). This genome contains 82 protein-coding genes, 31 tRNA genes and four ribosomal RNA genes (four rRNA species). In these genes, eight genes (atpF, ndhA, ndhB, rpoC1, petD, petB, rpl16 and rpl2) harbor a single intron and two genes (rps12 and ycf3) harbor two introns. This cp genome does not contain canonical IRs, and the overall GC content is 34.7%. Further, phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. chengiana is closely related to the species of C. gigantea.
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This study was supported by grants from the Gansu Provincial Natural Science Foundation (1506RJYA032); Foundation of Gansu Educational Committee (2015B-078, 2015A-105).
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Zhang, Zl., Ma, Ly., Yao, H. et al. The complete chloroplast genome of Cupressus chengiana . Conservation Genet Resour 9, 347–349 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-016-0675-z
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