The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Red Asparagus Lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagine L. red) (Asteraceae), endemic to China

Abstract

Red Asparagus Lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagina L. red) is an endemic vegetable species to China. The complete chloroplast (cp) genome of it is 152,744 bp in size and comprises a pair of inverted repeat regions of 25,033 bp each, a large single-copy (LSC) region of 84,103 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,575 bp. A total of 131 genes were annotated in the cp genome, including 86 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content of the Red Asparagus Lettuce cp genome was 37.55%. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that Red Asparagus Lettuce was more phylogenetically related to L. sativa.

Keywords:

• Red Asparagus Lettuce
• Lactuca sativa var. asparagine L. red
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenetic analysis

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

Raw sequencing reads of Red Asparagus Lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. Asparagina L. Red) accessions reported in this study have been deposited into the National Center for Biotechnology Information GenBank (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/update.html) database under accession number of MT162684.

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Funding

This research was funded by the Foundation for Young Scientist in GAAS [2017GAAS78]. The Northwest Observation Experimental Station of China Department of Agriculture [2015-A2621-620321-G1203-066]. The Lanzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station of National Vegetable Industry Technical System [CARS-23-G-19].