Table 3. Distribution of interspersed and palindromic repeat sequences in the sesame cp genome.

Repeat name	Repeat number	Repeat size (bp)	Start site (bp)	End site (bp)	Repeat type*	Repeat distance	Region location	Located gene position
R1	3	32	8,593	8,624	F	−3	LSC	tRNAS-GCU-exon
			36,037	36,068		0		tRNAS-UGA-exon
			45,919	45,948	P			tRNAS-GGA-exon
R2	2	30	10,118	10,147	F	−3	LSC	tRNAG-UCC-exon2
			36,985	37,014				tRNAG-UCC-exon
R3	2	30	13,674	13,703	P	−2	LSC	atpF-atpH
			13,674	13,703
R4	2	30	30,182	30,211	P	−1	LSC	petN-psbM
			30,224	30,253				petN-psbM
R5	2	30	36,039	36,068	P	−3	LSC	tRNAS-UGA-exon
			45,919	45,948				tRNAS-GGA-exon
R6	3	39	44,206	44,244	F	−2	LSC	ycf3-intron
			98,842	98,880				IR: rps12-tRNAV-GAC
			120,311	120,349	F	−2		SSC: ndhA-intron
R7	2	30	44,218	44,247	F	−3	LSC	ycf3-intron
			98,854	98,883				IR: rps12-tRNAV-GAC
R8	2	31	55,698	55,728	P	−3	LSC	atpB-rbcL
			66,925	66,955				psbE-petL
R9	2	44	75,458	75,501	P	−2	LSC	psbT-psbN
			75,458	75,501
R10	2	30	76,292	76,321	P	−2	LSC	petB-intron
			76,292	76,321
R11	2	30	89,382	89,411	F	−3	IR	ycf2-exon
			89,424	89,453				ycf2-exon
R12	2	30	91,785	91,814	F	−1	IR	ycf2-exon
			91,800	91,829				ycf2-exon
R13	2	77	91,813	91,889	F	−1	IR	ycf2-exon
			91,831	91,907				ycf2-exon
R14	2	63	91,813	91,875	F	−3	IR	ycf2-exon
			91,849	91,911				ycf2-exon
R15	2	30	107,686	107,715	F	−2	IR	rRNA4.5-rRNA5
			107,717	107,746				rRNA4.5-rRNA6
R16	2	30	110,051	110,080	F	0	IR	ycf1
			110,072	110,101				ycf1
R17	2	30	115,430	115,459	P	−3	SSC	ccsA-ndhD
			115,466	115,495				ccsA-ndhD

*Of the repeat types in the sesame cp genomes, F indicates Forward repeats and P indicates Palindromic repeats.