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Liu L, Li H, Li J, Li X, Hu N, Sun J, Zhou W. Chloroplast genomes of Caragana tibetica and Caragana turkestanica: structures and comparative analysis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:254. [PMID: 38594633 PMCID: PMC11003120 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04979-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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BACKGROUND The genus Caragana encompasses multiple plant species that possess medicinal and ecological value. However, some species of Caragana are quite similar in morphology, so identifying species in this genus based on their morphological characteristics is considerably complex. In our research, illumina paired-end sequencing was employed to investigate the genetic organization and structure of Caragana tibetica and Caragana turkestanica, including the previously published chloroplast genome sequence of 7 Caragana plants. RESULTS The lengths of C. tibetica and C. turkestanica chloroplast genomes were 128,433 bp and 129,453 bp, respectively. The absence of inverted repeat sequences in these two species categorizes them under the inverted repeat loss clade (IRLC). They encode 110 and 111 genes (4 /4 rRNA genes, 30 /31tRNA genes, and 76 /76 protein-coding genes), respectively. Comparison of the chloroplast genomes of C. tibetica and C. turkestanica with 7 other Caragana species revealed a high overall sequence similarity. However, some divergence was observed between certain intergenic regions (matK-rbcL, psbD-psbM, atpA-psbI, and etc.). Nucleotide diversity (π) analysis revealed the detection of five highly likely variable regions, namely rps2-atpI, accD-psaI-ycf4, cemA-petA, psbN-psbH and rpoA-rps11. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that C. tibetica's sister species is Caragana jubata, whereas C. turkestanica's closest relative is Caragana arborescens. CONCLUSIONS The present study provides worthwhile information about the chloroplast genomes of C. tibetica and C. turkestanica, which aids in the identification and classification of Caragana species.
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- LiE Liu
- College of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- College of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- College of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- College of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Biological Resources, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, China
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- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Biological Resources, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, China
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- College of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China.
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Liu L, Li H, Li J, Li X, Hu N, Wang H, Zhou W. Chloroplast genome analyses of Caragana arborescens and Caragana opulens. BMC Genom Data 2024; 25:16. [PMID: 38336648 PMCID: PMC10854190 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-024-01202-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Numerous species within the genus Caragana have high ecological and medicinal value. However, species identification based on morphological characteristics is quite complicated in the genus. To address this issue, we analyzed complete plastid genome data for the genus. RESULTS We obtained chloroplast genomes of two species, Caragana arborescens and Caragana opulens, using Illumina sequencing technology, with lengths of 129,473 bp and 132,815 bp, respectively. The absence of inverted repeat sequences in the two species indicated that they could be assigned to the inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC). The genomes included 111 distinct genes (4 rRNA genes, 31 tRNA genes, and 76 protein-coding genes). In addition, 16 genes containing introns were identified in the two genomes, the majority of which contained a single intron. Repeat analyses revealed 129 and 229 repeats in C. arborescens and C. opulens, respectively. C. arborescens and C. opulens genomes contained 277 and 265 simple sequence repeats, respectively. The two Caragana species exhibited similar codon usage patterns. rpl20-clpP, rps19-rpl2, and rpl23-ycf2 showed the highest nucleotide diversity (pi). In an analysis of sequence divergence, certain intergenic regions (matK-rbcL, psbM-petN, atpA-psbI, petA-psbL, psbE-petL, and rps7-rps12) were highly variable. A phylogenetic analysis showed that C. arborescens and C. opulens were related and clustered together with four other Caragana species. The genera Astragalus and Caragana were relatively closely related. CONCLUSIONS The present study provides valuable information about the chloroplast genomes of C. arborescens and C. opulens and lays a foundation for future phylogenetic research and molecular marker development.
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- LiE Liu
- School of Ecological and Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China.
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Wu X, Luo D, Zhang Y, Jin L, Crabbe MJC, Qiao Q, Li G, Zhang T. Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the potential mechanism of fruit flavor formation in wild hawthorn ( Crataegus chungtienensis). PLANT DIVERSITY 2023; 45:590-600. [PMID: 37936817 PMCID: PMC10625895 DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2023.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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Hawthorns are important medicinal and edible plants with a long history of health protection in China. Besides cultivated hawthorn, other wild hawthorns may also have excellent medicinal and edible value, such as Crataeguschungtienensis, an endemic species distributed in the Southwest of China. In this study, by integrating the flavor-related metabolome and transcriptome data of the ripening fruit of C. chungtienensis, we have developed an understanding of the formation of hawthorn fruit quality. The results show that a total of 849 metabolites were detected in the young and mature fruit of C. chungtienensis, of which flavonoids were the most detected metabolites. Among the differentially accumulated metabolites, stachyose, maltotetraose and cis-aconitic acid were significantly increased during fruit ripening, and these may be important metabolites affecting fruit flavor change. Moreover, several flavonoids and terpenoids were reduced after fruit ripening compared with young fruit. Therefore, using the unripe fruit of C. chungtienensis may allow us to obtain more medicinal active ingredients such as flavonoids and terpenoids. Furthermore, we screened out some differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to fruit quality formation, which had important relationships with differentially accumulated sugars, acids, flavonoids and terpenoids. Our study provides new insights into flavor formation in wild hawthorn during fruit development and ripening, and at the same time this study lays the foundation for the improvement of hawthorn fruit flavor.
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- Xien Wu
- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- Wolfson College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- Institute of Biomedical and Environmental Science & Technology, School of Life Sciences, University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton, UK
- School of Life Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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Comparison Analysis Based on Complete Chloroplast Genomes and Insights into Plastid Phylogenomic of Four Iris Species. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 2022:2194021. [PMID: 35937412 PMCID: PMC9348943 DOI: 10.1155/2022/2194021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Iris species, commonly known as rainbow flowers because of their attractive flowers, are extensively grown in landscape gardens. A few species, including Belamcanda chinensis, the synonym of I. domestica and I. tectorum, are known for their medicinal properties. However, research on the genomes and evolutionary relationships of Iris species is scarce. In the current study, the complete chloroplast (CP) genomes of I. tectorum, I. dichotoma, I. japonica, and I. domestica were sequenced and compared for their identification and relationship. The CP genomes of the four Iris species were circular quadripartite with similar lengths, GC contents, and codon usages. A total of 113 specific genes were annotated, including the ycf1 pseudogene in all species and rps19 in I. japonica alone. All the species had mononucleotide (A/T) simple sequence repeats (SSRs) and long forward and palindromic repeats in their genomes. A comparison of the CP genomes based on mVISTA and nucleotide diversity (Pi) identified three highly variable regions (ndhF-rpl32, rps15-ycf1, and rpl16). Phylogenetic analysis based on the complete CP genomes concluded that I. tectorum is a sister of I. japonica, and the subgenus Pardanthopsis with several I. domestica clustered into one branch is a sister of I. dichotoma. These findings confirm the feasibility of superbarcodes (complete CP genomes) for Iris species authentication and could serve as a resource for further research on Iris phylogeny.
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Wu X, Luo D, Zhang Y, Yang C, Crabbe MJC, Zhang T, Li G. Comparative Genomic and Phylogenetic Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes of Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) in Southwest China. Front Genet 2022; 13:900357. [PMID: 35860470 PMCID: PMC9289535 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.900357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The hawthorns (Crataegus spp.) are widely distributed and famous for their edible and medicinal values. There are ∼18 species and seven varieties of hawthorn in China distributed throughout the country. We now report the chloroplast genome sequences from C. scabrifolia, C. chungtienensis and C. oresbia, from the southwest of China and compare them with the previously released six species in Crataegus and four species in Rosaceae. The chloroplast genome structure of Crataegus is typical and can be divided into four parts. The genome sizes are between 159,654 and 159,898bp. The three newly sequenced chloroplast genomes encode 132 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. Comparative analysis of the chloroplast genomes revealed six divergent hotspot regions, including ndhA, rps16-trnQ-UUG, ndhF-rpl32, rps16-psbK, trnR-UCU-atpA and rpl32-trnL-UAG. According to the correlation and co-occurrence analysis of repeats with indels and SNPs, the relationship between them cannot be ignored. The phylogenetic tree constructed based on the complete chloroplast genome and intergenic region sequences indicated that C. scabrifolia has a different origin from C. chungtienensis and C. oresbia. We support the placement of C. hupehensis, C. cuneata, C. scabrifolia in C. subg. Crataegus and C. kansuensis, C. oresbia, C. kansuensis in C. subg. Sanguineae. In addition, based on the morphology, geographic distribution and phylogenetic relationships of C. chungtienensis and C. oresbia, we speculate that these two species may be the same species. In conclusion, this study has enriched the chloroplast genome resources of Crataegus and provided valuable information for the phylogeny and species identification of this genus.
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- Xien Wu
- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- Wolfson College, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Institute of Biomedical and Environmental Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, United Kingdom
- School of Life Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
- *Correspondence: Ticao Zhang, ; Guodong Li,
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- College of Chinese Material Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
- *Correspondence: Ticao Zhang, ; Guodong Li,
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Characterisation of the Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Seven Hyacinthus orientalis L. Cultivars: Insights into Cultivar Phylogeny. HORTICULTURAE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae8050453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To improve agricultural performance and obtain potential economic benefits, an understanding of phylogenetic relationships of Hyacinthus cultivars is needed. This study aims to revisit the phylogenetic relationships of Hyacinthus cultivars using complete chloroplast genomes. Nine chloroplast genomes were de novo sequenced, assembled and annotated from seven cultivars of Hyacinthus orientalis and two Scilloideae species including Bellevalia paradoxa and Scilla siberica. The chloroplast genomes of Hyacinthus cultivars ranged from 154,458 bp to 154,641 bp, while those of Bellevalia paradoxa and Scilla siberica were 154,020 bp and 154,943 bp, respectively. Each chloroplast genome was annotated with 133 genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, 38 transfer RNA genes and 8 ribosomal RNA genes. Simple sequence repeats AAGC/CTTG and ACTAT/AGTAT were identified only in ‘Eros’, while AAATC/ATTTG were identified in all cultivars except ‘Eros’. Five haplotypes were identified based on 460 variable sites. Combined with six other previously published chloroplast genomes of Scilloideae, a sliding window analysis and a phylogenetic analysis were performed. Divergence hotspots ndhA and trnG-UGC were identified with a nucleotide diversity threshold at 0.04. The phylogenetic positions of Hyacinthus cultivars were different from the previous study using ISSR. Complete chloroplast genomes serve as new evidence in Hyacinthus cultivar phylogeny, contributing to cultivar identification, preservation and breeding.
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Liston A, Weitemier KA, Letelier L, Podani J, Zong Y, Liu L, Dickinson TA. Phylogeny of Crataegus (Rosaceae) based on 257 nuclear loci and chloroplast genomes: evaluating the impact of hybridization. PeerJ 2021; 9:e12418. [PMID: 34754629 PMCID: PMC8555502 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Hawthorn species (Crataegus L.; Rosaceae tribe Maleae) form a well-defined clade comprising five subgeneric groups readily distinguished using either molecular or morphological data. While multiple subsidiary groups (taxonomic sections, series) are recognized within some subgenera, the number of and relationships among species in these groups are subject to disagreement. Gametophytic apomixis and polyploidy are prevalent in the genus, and disagreement concerns whether and how apomictic genotypes should be recognized taxonomically. Recent studies suggest that many polyploids arise from hybridization between members of different infrageneric groups. Methods We used target capture and high throughput sequencing to obtain nucleotide sequences for 257 nuclear loci and nearly complete chloroplast genomes from a sample of hawthorns representing all five currently recognized subgenera. Our sample is structured to include two examples of intersubgeneric hybrids and their putative diploid and tetraploid parents. We queried the alignment of nuclear loci directly for evidence of hybridization, and compared individual gene trees with each other, and with both the maximum likelihood plastome tree and the nuclear concatenated and multilocus coalescent-based trees. Tree comparisons provided a promising, if challenging (because of the number of comparisons involved) method for visualizing variation in tree topology. We found it useful to deploy comparisons based not only on tree-tree distances but also on a metric of tree-tree concordance that uses extrinsic information about the relatedness of the terminals in comparing tree topologies. Results We obtained well-supported phylogenies from plastome sequences and from a minimum of 244 low copy-number nuclear loci. These are consistent with a previous morphology-based subgeneric classification of the genus. Despite the high heterogeneity of individual gene trees, we corroborate earlier evidence for the importance of hybridization in the evolution of Crataegus. Hybridization between subgenus Americanae and subgenus Sanguineae was documented for the origin of Sanguineae tetraploids, but not for a tetraploid Americanae species. This is also the first application of target capture probes designed with apple genome sequence. We successfully assembled 95% of 257 loci in Crataegus, indicating their potential utility across the genera of the apple tribe.
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- Aaron Liston
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States of America
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States of America.,Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States of America
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States of America.,College of Chemistry & Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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