Abstract:
Objective The coden usage bias and its infulence factor in the chloroplast genome of Liparis bootanensis were analyzed in this study.
Method CodonW and CUSP software were used to analyze the codon usage bias based on 47 codon DNA sequences of the chloroplast genome of L. bootanensis.
Result The GC content in the 3rd position of the codons was 27.99%, which was lower than those in the 1st and the 2nd. The effective number of codons ranged from 40.85 to 56.80, averaging 47.27. The ENC showed no significant correlation to GC1 and GC2 but a significant positive correlation to GC3. The correlation between GC12 and GC3 was not significant with a coefficient of 0.05. The frequency of ENC ratio of 47% genes was distributed between −0.05 and 0.05, while that of 53% genes outside -0.05 and 0.05 range. A PR2-plot analysis indicated the base usage frequencies to be A>T and G>C. There were 17 codons selected after screening.
Conclusion The 3rd position of codons was rich in A or T. The codon usage bias was weak, complex, and affected by mutation and selection besides other factors.