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Mitogenome Announcement

The complete plastome of the coccoid green alga Jenufa minuta (Chlorophyceae, incertae sedis) unveils a noncanonical genetic code and a previously unrecognized trans-spliced group II intron in the rpl32 gene

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Pages 1728-1730 | Received 10 Mar 2020, Accepted 25 Mar 2020, Published online: 07 Apr 2020

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