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Table 1 C. melo chloroplast genome characteristics

From: Determination of the melon chloroplast and mitochondrial genome sequences reveals that the largest reported mitochondrial genome in plants contains a significant amount of DNA having a nuclear origin

Total size [nt]

156,017

GC content

36.9%

Gene number

132a

   Protein genes

87 (81)b

   rRNA genes

8 (4)b

   tRNA genes

37 (30)b

Single-copy genes

98

Duplicated genes

17

Gene with introns

18

Trans-spliced genes

1

Coding sequences [nt]

93,209 (59.7%)

   Protein coding [nt]

80,580 (51.6%)

   tRNAs and rRNAs [nt]

12,629 (8.1%)

Non-coding sequences [nt]

62,809 (40.3%)

   cis -spliced introns [nt]

18,822 (12.1%)

   Intergenic sequences [nt]

43,987 (28.2%)

  1. aDuplicated genes counted as two
  2. bIn parentheses, duplicated genes counted as one
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BMC Genomics

ISSN: 1471-2164

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