Table 3.

Length of exons and introns in genes with introns in the Achyranthes chloroplast genome.

Species	Gene	Location	Exon I (bp)	Intron I (bp)	Exon II (bp)	Intron II (bp)	Exon III (bp)
A. longifolia	trnK-UUU	LSC	35	2,483	37
	trnL-UAA	LSC	35	388	50
	trnV-UAC	LSC	37	594	38
	trnI-GAU	IR	42	940	35
	trnA-UGC	IR	38	820	35
	rps12a	LSC	26	538	232		114
	rps16	LSC	214	900	41
	atpF	LSC	410	795	145
	rpl16	LSC	402	986	9
	rpoC1	LSC	1602	763	432
	ndhB	IR	756	676	777
	ycf3	SSC	153	756	228	785	126
	petB	LSC	6	768	642
	clpP	LSC	228	623	292	842	71
	petD	LSC	8	783	475
A. bidentata	trnK-UUU	LSC	35	2,483	37
	trnL-UAA	LSC	35	388	50
	trnV-UAC	LSC	37	593	38
	trnI-GAU	IR	42	940	35
	trnA-UGC	IR	38	820	35
	rps12a	LSC	25	537	231		113
	rps16	LSC	214	900	41
	atpF	LSC	410	743	145
	rpl16	LSC	402	966	9
	rpoC1	LSC	1602	763	432
	ndhB	IR	756	676	777
	ycf3	SSC	153	756	228	785	126
	petB	LSC	6	768	642
	clpP	LSC	228	623	292	841	71
	petD	LSC	8	783	475
A. aspera	trnK-UUU	LSC	35	2,480	37
	trnL-UAA	LSC	35	388	50
	trnV-UAC	LSC	37	594	38
	trnI-GAU	IR	42	940	35
	trnA-UGC	IR	38	820	35
	rps12a	LSC	25	537	231		113
	rps16	LSC	214	900	41
	atpF	LSC	410	790	145
	rpl16	LSC	402	985	9
	rpoC1	LSC	1602	762	432
	ndhB	IR	756	676	777
	ycf3	SSC	153	756	228	784	126
	petB	LSC	6	776	642
	clpP	LSC	228	622	292	844	71
	petD	LSC	8	784	475

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