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The complete chloroplast genome of Walla Patta, Gyrinops walla (Thymelaeaceae), an agarwood-producing tree species from Sri Lanka

Chen J 1 , Lee SY 1 , Munugoda KD 2 , Mohamed R 3 , Subasinghe SMCUP 2 , Liao W 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
  • 2 Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Centre for Forestry and Environment, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  • 3 Department of Forestry Science and Biodiversity, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Forest Biotechnology Laboratory, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour, 2021 May 19;6(6):1699-1701.
PMID: 34104743 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1926362

Abstract

Gyrinops walla is an important agarwood-producing tree and threatened species from Sri Lanka. Herein, we assembled and characterized the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of G. walla as a genomic resource for conservation purposes. The 175,130 bp long genome is comprised of 87,376 bp large single-copy (LSC) and 3316 bp small single-copy (SSC) regions, which are separated by two inverted repeat (IR) region, each with a size of 42,291 bp. A total of 140 genes were predicted for the cp genome, which includes 94 protein-coding, 38 tRNA, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that G. walla is fully resolved in a sister position to Aquilaria in the family Thymelaeaceae. The data provided will be useful for study on the molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Thymelaeaceae in the future.

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