Table 2. Location and length of intron-containing genes in the Dianthus chloroplast genome.

Gene*	Location	Exon I	Intron I	Exon II	Intron II	Exon III
		Nucleotides in base pairs
atpF	LSC	144	690	410
clpP	LSC	69	857	291	567	228
ndhA	SSC	552	1049	540
ndhB	IR	777	663	756
petB	LSC	6	712	642
petD	LSC	7	755	477
rps12 #	LSC	114	--	232	538	26
rpl16	LSC	9	912	402
rpoC1	LSC	432	736	1620
rps16	LSC	40	837	227
trnG-UCC	IR	38	808	35
trnA-UGC	IR	23	695	48
trnI-GAU	IR	42	913	35
trnK-UUU	LSC	37	2424	35
trnL-UAA	LSC	37	541	50
trnV-UAC	LSC	39	605	37
ycf3	LSC	129	756	228	809	153

*Identical duplicate gene containing introns in the IR region are not included.

^# The rps12 is a trans-spliced gene with the 5′ end located in the LSC region and duplicated in the 3′ end in the IR regions.