Table 1 Summary of the three Spinacia species chloroplast genomes.

From: Comparative chloroplast genome analyses of cultivated spinach and two wild progenitors shed light on the phylogenetic relationships and variation

Category

Spinacia oleracea

Spinacia turkestanica

Spinacia tetrandra

Genome size (bp)

150,739

150,747

150,680

LSC size (bp)

82,725

82,733

82,525

SSC size (bp)

17,868

17,868

17,959

IR size (bp)

25,073

25,073

25,098

Number of genes

143

143

143

Protein-Coding genes

98

98

98

tRNA genes

37

37

37

rRNA genes

8

8

8

GC content (%)

36.81

36.81

36.79

GC content in LSC (%)

34.79

34.79

34.75

GC content in SSC (%)

29.79

29.79

29.83

GC content in IR (%)

42.65

42.65

42.63

Total clean reads

400,673,634

377,024,012

335,160,130

Mapped clean reads

3,763,621

4,712,787

5,078,425