Characterization and comparative analysis of the complete chloroplast genome sequence from Prunus avium ‘Summit’

Background Sweet cherry ( Prunus avium ) is one of the most popular of the temperate fruits. Previous studies have demonstrated that there were several haplotypes in the chloroplast genome of sweet cherry cultivars. However, none of chloroplast genome of a sweet cherry cultivar were yet released, and the phylogenetic relationships among Prunus based on chloroplast genome data were unclear. Methods In this study, we assembled and annotated the...