The complete sequence of chloroplast genome from mango (Mangifera indica var GuiFei)

Abstract

The common mango is known as ‘king of fruits’ and the second most important tropical fruit crop. Mango production plays an important role in the rural economy of many tropical and subtropical countries. In this study, we sequenced its circular complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) of mango. The complete cpDNA was 157,837 bp in length and consisted of a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 40,428 bp, a large single copy (LSC) region of 59,717 bp, and a small single copy (SSC) region of 43,323 bp. Totally, 171 genes were predicted, including 118 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 45 tRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis of all sequenced chloroplast genomes in the fruit suggested that mango was closely related to three other Citrus species. The results indicate that the chloroplast genomes are good resources for developing new DNA markers for taxonomy and also as tools for evolutionary research of closely related species in future studies.