Comparative chloroplast genomes: insights into the evolution of the chloroplast genome of Camellia sinensis and the phylogeny of Camellia

Table 1 Summary of four chloroplast genome features

Genome Features	CWN (MT612435)	CSS (KJ806281)	CSA (MH019307)	CIA (MH460639)
Location of sample	Fujian, China	Yunnan, China	Yunnan, China	Assam, India
Longitude	118.004001	102.714601	102.714601	94.228661
Latitude	27.72846	25.04915	25.04915	26.73057
Genome size (bp)	156,762	157,117	157,100	157,353
LSC length (bp)	86,301	86,662	86,649	87,214
SSC length (bp)	18,281	18,275	18,285	18,079
IR length (bp)	26,090	26,090	26,083	26,030
Number of genes	137	137	137	137
Number of Protein-coding genes	92	92	92	92
Number of tRNA genes	37	37	37	37
Number of rRNA genes	8	8	8	8
GC content of LSC (%)	35.32	35.31	35.31	35.38
GC content of SSC (%)	30.55	30.56	30.51	30.59
GC content of IR (%)	42.94	42.95	42.95	42.96
Overall GC content (%)	37.3	37.3	37.29	37.34

CWN ‘Wuyi narcissus’ cultivar of C. sinensis var. sinensis (natural triploid Chinary type tea), CSS C. sinensis var. sinensis (diploid Chinary type tea), CSA C. sinensis var. assamica (diploid Chinese Assamica type tea), CIA C. sinensis var. assamica (diploid Indian Assamica type tea)

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