Comparative chloroplast genome analyses of Avena: insights into evolutionary dynamics and phylogeny

BMC Plant Biology

Table 3 Genes with intron(s) in Avena sativa plastome

Gene	Region	Exon I (bp)	Intron I (bp)	Exon II (bp)	Intron II (bp)	Exon III (bp)
atpF	LSC	145⁺	825	407⁺
ndhA	SSC	550⁻	1021	539⁻
ndhB	IRB	777⁻	712	756⁻
ndhB	IRA	777⁺	712	756⁺
petB	LSC	6⁺	759	642⁺
petD	LSC	8⁺	741	475⁺
rpl2	IRB	391⁻	663	431⁻
rpl2	IRA	391⁺	663	431⁺
rpl16	LSC	9⁻	1052	402⁻
rps12^a	LSC + IRB	114⁻	–	232⁻	799	29⁻
rps12^b	LSC + IRA	114⁻	–	232⁺	799	29⁺
rps16	LSC	40⁻	826	230⁻
trnA-UGC	IRB	38⁺	811	35⁺
trnA-UGC	IRA	38⁻	811	35⁻
trnG-UCC	LSC	23⁻	677	48⁻
trnI-GAU	IRB	37⁻	807	35⁻
trnI-GAU	IRA	37⁺	807	35⁺
trnK-UUU	LSC	37⁻	2435	35⁻
trnL-UAA	LSC	35⁺	33	50⁺
trnV-UAC	IRB	39⁺	596	37⁺
trnV-UAC	IRA	39⁻	596	37⁻
ycf3	LSC	126⁻	755	226⁻	725⁻	161⁻

Superscript⁺: exon is transcribed counter-clockwise in Fig. 1;
Superscript⁻: exon is transcribed clockwise in Fig. 1;
Hyphen–: spliceosomal intron;
^a,b: The rps12 gene is divided into 5′-rps12 in LSC region, ^a 3′-rps12 in IRB region and ^b 3′-rps12 in IRA region

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