Table 1.

Characteristics of chloroplast genomes in six Gossypium species.

Genome features	G. armourianum	G. hirsutum race latifolium	G. nandewarense	G. trilobum	G. lobatum	G. schwendimanii
Size (bp)	160080	160347	159677	160142	160205	160199
LSC length (bp)	88657	88848	88284	88735	88811	88779
SSC length (bp)	20241	20287	20241	20233	20294	20318
IR length (bp)	25591	25606	25576	25587	25550	25551
Coding (bp)	78612	78528	78531	78552	78696	78681
Non-coding (bp)	81468	81819	81146	81590	81509	81518
Number of genes	130	130	130	130	130	130
Protein-coding genes	85	85	85	85	85	85
tRNA genes	37	37	37	37	37	37
rRNA genes	8	8	8	8	8	8
Overall GC content (%)	37.3	37.2	37.1	37.3	37.3	37.3
GC content of LSC (%)	35.3	35.2	35.1	35.3	35.3	35.2
GC content of SSC (%)	31.7	31.6	31.4	31.7	31.7	31.6
GC content of IR (%)	43.0	43.0	43.0	43.0	43.0	43.0