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Alawfi MS, Alzahrani DA, Albokhari EJ. Complete plastome genomes of three medicinal heliotropiaceae species: comparative analyses and phylogenetic relationships. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:654. [PMID: 38987665 PMCID: PMC11234707 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05388-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Heliotropiaceae is a family of the order Boraginales and has over 450 species. The members of the family Heliotropiaceae have been widely reported to be used in traditional medicine Over time, the classification of Heliotropiaceae has remained uncertain and has moved from family to subfamily, or conversely. RESULTS In the present study, we sequenced, analyzed, and compared the complete plastomes of Euploca strigosa, Heliotropium arbainense, and Heliotropium longiflorum with the genomes of related taxa. The lengths of the plastomes of E. strigosa, H. arbainense, and H. longiflorum were 155,174 bp, 154,709 bp, and 154,496 bp, respectively. Each plastome consisted of 114 genes: 80 protein-coding genes, 4 ribosomal RNA genes, and 30 transfer RNA genes. The long repeats analysis indicated that reverse, palindromic, complement and forward repeats were all found in the three plastomes. The simple repeats analysis showed that the plastomes of E. strigosa, H. arbainense, and H. longiflorum contained 158, 165, and 151 microsatellites, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis confirmed two major clades in the Boraginales: clade I comprised Boraginaceae, while clade II included Heliotropiaceae, Ehretiaceae, Lennoaceae, and Cordiaceae. Inside the family Heliotropiaceae, E. strigosa is nested within the Heliotropium genus. CONCLUSIONS This study expands our knowledge of the evolutionary relationships within Heliotropiaceae and offers useful genetic resources.
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- Mohammad S Alawfi
- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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Hutang GR, Tong Y, Zhu XG, Gao LZ. Genome size variation and polyploidy prevalence in the genus Eragrostis are associated with the global dispersal in arid area. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1066925. [PMID: 36993864 PMCID: PMC10040770 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1066925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Biologists have long debated the drivers of the genome size evolution and variation ever since Darwin. Assumptions for the adaptive or maladaptive consequences of the associations between genome sizes and environmental factors have been proposed, but the significance of these hypotheses remains controversial. Eragrostis is a large genus in the grass family and is often used as crop or forage during the dry seasons. The wide range and complex ploidy levels make Eragrostis an excellent model for investigating how the genome size variation and evolution is associated with environmental factors and how these changes can ben interpreted. METHODS We reconstructed the Eragrostis phylogeny and estimated genome sizes through flow cytometric analyses. Phylogenetic comparative analyses were performed to explore how genome size variation and evolution is related to their climatic niches and geographical ranges. The genome size evolution and environmental factors were examined using different models to study the phylogenetic signal, mode and tempo throughout evolutionary history. RESULTS Our results support the monophyly of Eragrostis. The genome sizes in Eragrostis ranged from ~0.66 pg to ~3.80 pg. We found that a moderate phylogenetic conservatism existed in terms of the genome sizes but was absent from environmental factors. In addition, phylogeny-based associations revealed close correlations between genome sizes and precipitation-related variables, indicating that the genome size variation mainly caused by polyploidization may have evolved as an adaptation to various environments in the genus Eragrostis. CONCLUSION This is the first study to take a global perspective on the genome size variation and evolution in the genus Eragrostis. Our results suggest that the adaptation and conservatism are manifested in the genome size variation, allowing the arid species of Eragrostis to spread the xeric area throughout the world.
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- Ge-Ran Hutang
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwestern China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwestern China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwestern China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwestern China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Engineering Research Center for Selecting and Breeding New Tropical Crop Varieties, Ministry of Education, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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Hu Y, Sun Y, Zhu QH, Fan L, Li J. Poaceae Chloroplast Genome Sequencing: Great Leap Forward in Recent Ten Years. Curr Genomics 2023; 23:369-384. [PMID: 37920556 PMCID: PMC10173419 DOI: 10.2174/1389202924666221201140603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The first complete chloroplast genome of rice (Oryza sativa) was published in 1989, ushering in a new era of studies of chloroplast genomics in Poaceae. Progresses in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Third-Generation Sequencing (TGS) technologiesand in the development of genome assembly software, have significantly advanced chloroplast genomics research. Poaceae is one of the most targeted families in chloroplast genome research because of its agricultural, ecological, and economic importance. Over the last 30 years, 2,050 complete chloroplast genome sequences from 40 tribes and 282 genera have been generated, most (97%) of them in the recent ten years. The wealth of data provides the groundwork for studies on species evolution, phylogeny, genetic transformation, and other aspects of Poaceae chloroplast genomes. As a result, we have gained a deeper understanding of the properties of Poaceae chloroplast genomes. Here, we summarize the achievements of the studies of the Poaceae chloroplast genomes and envision the challenges for moving the area ahead.
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- Yiyu Hu
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Crop Science & Institute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science & Institute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- CSIRO, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Institute of Crop Science & Institute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Wang R, Zhang XJ, Guo XX, Xing Y, Qu XJ, Fan SJ. Plastid phylogenomics and morphological character evolution of Chloridoideae (Poaceae). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1002724. [PMID: 36407581 PMCID: PMC9666777 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1002724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chloridoideae is one of the largest subfamilies of Poaceae, containing many species of great economic and ecological value; however, phylogenetic relationships among the subtribes and genera of Cynodonteae are controversial. In the present study, we combined 111 plastomes representing all five tribes, including 25 newly sequenced plastomes that are mostly from Cynodonteae. Phylogenetic analyses supported the five monophyletic tribes of Chloridoideae, including Centropodieae, Triraphideae, Eragrostideae, Zoysieae and Cynodonteae. Simultaneously, nine monophyletic lineages were revealed in Cynodonteae: supersubtribe Boutelouodinae, subtribes Tripogoninae, Aeluropodinae, Eleusininae, Dactylocteniinae, supersubtribe Gouiniodinae, Cleistogenes and Orinus, and subtribe Triodiinae. Within the tribe of Cynodonteae, the basal lineage is supersubtribe Boutelouodinae and Tripogoninae is sister to the remaining lineages. The clade formed of Aeluropodinae and Eleusininae is sister to the clade composed of Dactylocteniinae, supersubtribe Gouiniodinae, Cleistogenes and Orinus, and subtribe Triodiinae. The clade comprising Dactylocteniinae and supersubtribe Gouiniodinae is sister to the clade comprising Cleistogenes, Orinus, and Triodiinae. Acrachne is a genus within Eleusininae but not within Dactylocteniinae. Molecular evidence determined that Diplachne is not clustered with Leptochloa, which indicated that Diplachne should not be combined into Leptochloa. Cleistogenes is sister to a clade composed of Orinus and Triodia, whereas the recently proposed subtribe Orininae was not supported. Cynodonteae was estimated to have experienced rapid divergence within a short period, which could be a major obstacle in resolving its phylogenetic relationships. Ancestral state reconstructions of morphological characters showed that the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of Chloridoideae has a panicle, multiple florets in each spikelet, the peaked type of stomatal subsidiary cells, and a saddle-shaped phytoliths, while the ancestral morphological characters of Cynodonteae are the panicle, peaked type of stomatal subsidiary cells, sharp-cap cell typed and equal-base-cell microhair, and square-shaped phytoliths. Overall, plastome phylogenomics provides new insights into the phylogenetic relationships and morphological character evolution of Chloridoideae.
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- Rong Wang
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Research, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
- Innovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Research, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Research, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Research, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Research, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Research, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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Fan ZF, Ma CL. Comparative chloroplast genome and phylogenetic analyses of Chinese Polyspora. Sci Rep 2022; 12:15984. [PMID: 36163343 PMCID: PMC9512918 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16290-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Polyspora Sweet (Theaceae) are winter ornamental landscape plants native to southern and southeastern Asia, some of which have medicinal value. The chloroplast (cp) genome data of Polyspora are scarce, and the gene evolution and interspecific relationship are still unclear. In this study, we sequenced and annotated Polyspora chrysandra cp genome and combined it with previously published genomes for other Chinese Polyspora species. The results showed that cp genomes of six Chinese Polyspora varied in length between 156,452 bp (P. chrysandra) and 157,066 bp (P. speciosa), but all contained 132 genes, with GC content of 37.3%, and highly similar genes distribution and codon usage. A total of eleven intergenic spacer regions were found having the highest levels of divergence, and eight divergence hotspots were identified as molecular markers for Phylogeography and genetic diversity studies in Polyspora. Gene selection pressure suggested that five genes were subjected to positive selection. Phylogenetic relationships among Polyspora species based on the complete cp genomes were supported strongly, indicating that the cp genomes have the potential to be used as super barcodes for further analysis of the phylogeny of the entire genus. The cp genomes of Chinese Polyspora species will provide valuable information for species identification, molecular breeding and evolutionary analysis of genus Polyspora.
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- Zhi-Feng Fan
- Southwest Research Center for Engineering Technology of Landscape Architecture (State Forestry and Grassland Administration), College of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Sciences, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, People's Republic of China.,Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Southwest Research Center for Engineering Technology of Landscape Architecture (State Forestry and Grassland Administration), College of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Sciences, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, People's Republic of China.
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Ren W, Liu C, Yan S, Jiang Z, Wang T, Wang Z, Zhang M, Liu M, Sun J, Gao J, Ma W. Structural Characterization of the Acer ukurunduense Chloroplast Genome Relative to Related Species in the Acer Genus. Front Genet 2022; 13:849182. [PMID: 35910210 PMCID: PMC9329572 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.849182] [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: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Acer ukurunduense refers to a deciduous tree distributed in Northeast Asia and is a widely used landscaping tree species. Although several studies have been conducted on the species’ ecological and economic significance, limited information is available on its phylo-genomics. Our study newly constitutes the complete chloroplast genome of A. ukurunduense into a 156,645-bp circular DNA, which displayed a typical quadripartite structure. In addition, 133 genes were identified, containing 88 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. In total, 107 simple sequence repeats and 49 repetitive sequences were observed. Thirty-two codons indicated that biased usages were estimated across 20 protein-coding genes (CDS) in A. ukurunduense. Four hotspot regions (trnK-UUU/rps16, ndhF/rpl32, rpl32/trnL-UAG, and ycf1) were detected among the five analyzed Acer species. Those hotspot regions may be useful molecular markers and contribute to future population genetics studies. The phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that A. ukurunduense is most closely associated with the species of Sect. Palmata. A. ukurunduense and A. pubipetiolatum var. pingpienense diverged in 22.11 Mya. We selected one of the hypervariable regions (trnK-UUU/rps16) to develop a new molecular marker and designed primers and confirmed that the molecular markers could accurately discriminate five Acer species through Sanger sequencing. By sequencing the cp genome of A. ukurunduense and comparing it with the relative species of Acer, we can effectively address the phylogenetic problems of Acer at the species level and provide insights into future research on population genetics and genetic diversity.
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- Weichao Ren
- School of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Technical University of Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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- School of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- Yichun Branch of Heilongjiang Academy of Forestry, Yichun, China
- *Correspondence: Jinhui Gao, ; Wei Ma,
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- School of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
- Jiangsu Kanion Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Lianyungang, China
- State Key Laboratory of New-tech for Chinese Medicine Pharmaceutical Process, Lianyungang, China
- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Harbin, China
- *Correspondence: Jinhui Gao, ; Wei Ma,
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Cay SB, Cinar YU, Kuralay SC, Inal B, Zararsiz G, Ciftci A, Mollman R, Obut O, Eldem V, Bakir Y, Erol O. Genome skimming approach reveals the gene arrangements in the chloroplast genomes of the highly endangered Crocus L. species: Crocus istanbulensis (B.Mathew) Rukšāns. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0269747. [PMID: 35704623 PMCID: PMC9200356 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Crocus istanbulensis (B.Mathew) Rukšāns is one of the most endangered Crocus species in the world and has an extremely limited distribution range in Istanbul. Our recent field work indicates that no more than one hundred individuals remain in the wild. In the present study, we used genome skimming to determine the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequences of six C. istanbulensis individuals collected from the locus classicus. The cp genome of C. istanbulensis has 151,199 base pairs (bp), with a large single-copy (LSC) (81,197 bp), small single copy (SSC) (17,524 bp) and two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 26,236 bp each. The cp genome contains 132 genes, of which 86 are protein-coding (PCGs), 8 are rRNA and 38 are tRNA genes. Most of the repeats are found in intergenic spacers of Crocus species. Mononucleotide repeats were most abundant, accounting for over 80% of total repeats. The cp genome contained four palindrome repeats and one forward repeat. Comparative analyses among other Iridaceae species identified one inversion in the terminal positions of LSC region and three different gene (psbA, rps3 and rpl22) arrangements in C. istanbulensis that were not reported previously. To measure selective pressure in the exons of chloroplast coding sequences, we performed a sequence analysis of plastome-encoded genes. A total of seven genes (accD, rpoC2, psbK, rps12, ccsA, clpP and ycf2) were detected under positive selection in the cp genome. Alignment-free sequence comparison showed an extremely low sequence diversity across naturally occurring C. istanbulensis specimens. All six sequenced individuals shared the same cp haplotype. In summary, this study will aid further research on the molecular evolution and development of ex situ conservation strategies of C. istanbulensis.
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- Selahattin Baris Cay
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Siirt, Siirt, Turkey
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- Department of Biostatistics, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
- Drug Application and Research Center (ERFARMA), Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
- * E-mail:
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- Department of Plant Bioactive Metabolites, ACTV Biotechnology, Inc., Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Guzmán-Díaz S, Núñez FAA, Veltjen E, Asselman P, Larridon I, Samain MS. Comparison of Magnoliaceae Plastomes: Adding Neotropical Magnolia to the Discussion. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11030448. [PMID: 35161429 PMCID: PMC8838774 DOI: 10.3390/plants11030448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Chloroplast genomes are considered to be highly conserved. Nevertheless, differences in their sequences are an important source of phylogenetically informative data. Chloroplast genomes are increasingly applied in evolutionary studies of angiosperms, including Magnoliaceae. Recent studies have focused on resolving the previously debated classification of the family using a phylogenomic approach and chloroplast genome data. However, most Neotropical clades and recently described species have not yet been included in molecular studies. We performed sequencing, assembly, and annotation of 15 chloroplast genomes from Neotropical Magnoliaceae species. We compared the newly assembled chloroplast genomes with 22 chloroplast genomes from across the family, including representatives from each genus and section. Family-wide, the chloroplast genomes presented a length of about 160 kb. The gene content in all species was constant, with 145 genes. The intergenic regions showed a higher level of nucleotide diversity than the coding regions. Differences were higher among genera than within genera. The phylogenetic analysis in Magnolia showed two main clades and corroborated that the current infrageneric classification does not represent natural groups. Although chloroplast genomes are highly conserved in Magnoliaceae, the high level of diversity of the intergenic regions still resulted in an important source of phylogenetically informative data, even for closely related taxa.
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- Salvador Guzmán-Díaz
- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Diversidad Biológica del Occidente Mexicano, Pátzcuaro 61600, Mexico; (F.A.A.N.); (M.-S.S.)
- Correspondence:
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Diversidad Biológica del Occidente Mexicano, Pátzcuaro 61600, Mexico; (F.A.A.N.); (M.-S.S.)
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- Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Lab, Department of Biology, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium; (E.V.); (P.A.); (I.L.)
- Ghent University Botanical Garden, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Lab, Department of Biology, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium; (E.V.); (P.A.); (I.L.)
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- Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Lab, Department of Biology, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium; (E.V.); (P.A.); (I.L.)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Diversidad Biológica del Occidente Mexicano, Pátzcuaro 61600, Mexico; (F.A.A.N.); (M.-S.S.)
- Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Lab, Department of Biology, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium; (E.V.); (P.A.); (I.L.)
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Guo XX, Qu XJ, Zhang XJ, Fan SJ. Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis of Complete Plastomes among Aristidoideae Species (Poaceae). BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11010063. [PMID: 35053061 PMCID: PMC8773369 DOI: 10.3390/biology11010063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aristidoideae is a subfamily in the PACMAD clade of family Poaceae, including three genera, Aristida, Stipagrostis, and Sartidia. In this study, the plastomes of Aristida adscensionis and Stipagrostis pennata were newly sequenced, and a total of 16 Aristidoideae plastomes were compared. All plastomes were conservative in genome size, gene number, structure, and IR boundary. Repeat sequence analysis showed that forward and palindrome repeats were the most common repeat types. The number of SSRs ranged from 30 (Sartidia isaloensis) to 54 (Aristida purpurea). Codon usage analysis showed that plastome genes preferred to use codons ending with A/T. A total of 12 highly variable regions were screened, including four protein coding sequences (matK, ndhF, infA, and rpl32) and eight non-coding sequences (rpl16-1-rpl16-2, ccsA-ndhD, trnY-GUA-trnD-GUC, ndhF-rpl32, petN-trnC-GCA, trnT-GGU-trnE-UUC, trnG-GCC-trnfM-CAU, and rpl32-trnL-UAG). Furthermore, the phylogenetic position of this subfamily and their intergeneric relationships need to be illuminated. All Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference trees strongly support the monophyly of Aristidoideae and each of three genera, and the clade of Aristidoideae and Panicoideae was a sister to other subfamilies in the PACMAD clade. Within Aristidoideae, Aristida is a sister to the clade composed of Stipagrostis and Sartidia. The divergence between C4 Stipagrostis and C3 Sartidia was estimated at 11.04 Ma, which may be associated with the drought event in the Miocene period. Finally, the differences in carbon fixation patterns, geographical distributions, and ploidy may be related to the difference of species numbers among these three genera. This study provides insights into the phylogeny and evolution of the subfamily Aristidoideae.
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- Correspondence: (X.-J.Z.); (S.-J.F.); Tel.: +86-531-86180718 (S.-J.F.)
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- Correspondence: (X.-J.Z.); (S.-J.F.); Tel.: +86-531-86180718 (S.-J.F.)
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