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Javaid N, Ramzan M, Jabeen S, Du Y, Anwar M, Xiqiang S. The chloroplast genome of Chrozophora sabulosa Kar. & Kir. and its exploration in the evolutionary position uncertainty of genus Chrozophora. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:597. [PMID: 38877411 PMCID: PMC11177538 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10366-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024] Open
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Chrozophora sabulosa Kar. & Kir. is a biennial herbaceous plant that belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family and has medicinal properties. This research aimed to identify the genetic characteristics and phylogenetic position of the Chrozophora genus within the Euphorbiaceae family. The evolutionary position of the Chrozophora genus was previously unknown due to insufficient research. Therefore, to determine the evolutionary link between C. sabulosa and other related species, we conducted a study using the NGS Illumina platform to sequence the C. sabulosa chloroplast (cp.) genome. The study results showed that the genome was 156,488 bp in length. It had a quadripartite structure consisting of two inverted repeats (IRb and IRa) of 24,649-bp, separated by an 87,696-bp LSC region and a 19,494-bp SSC region. The CP genome contained 113 unique genes, including four rRNA genes, 30 tRNA genes, and 79 CDS genes. In the second copy of the inverted repeat, there were 18 duplicated genes. The C. sabulosa lacks the petD, petB, rpl2, and rps16 intron. The analysis of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) revealed 93 SSR loci of 22 types and 78 oligonucleotide repeats of four kinds. The phylogenetic investigation showed that the Chrozophora genus evolved paraphyletically from other members of the Euphorbiaceae family. To support the phylogenetic findings, we selected species from the Euphorbiaceae and Phyllanthaceae families to compare with C. sabulosa for Ks and Ka substitution rates, InDels investigation, IR contraction and expansion, and SNPs analysis. The results of these comparative studies align with the phylogenetic findings. We identified six highly polymorphic regions shared by both families, which could be used as molecular identifiers for the Chrozophora genus (rpl33-rps18, rps18-rpl20, rps15-ycf1, ndhG-ndhI, psaI-ycf4, petA-psbJ). The cp. genome sequence of C. sabulosa reveals the evolution of plastid sequences in Chrozophora species. This is the first time the cp. genome of a Chrozophora genus has been sequenced, serving as a foundation for future sequencing of other species within the Chrozophoreae tribe and facilitating in-depth taxonomic research. The results of this research will also aid in identifying new Chrozophora species.
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- Nida Javaid
- The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry (School of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,School of Rural Revitalization), Hainan University, Haikou, P.R. China
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- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry (School of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,School of Rural Revitalization), Hainan University, Haikou, P.R. China.
- Key Laboratory of Genetic and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Hainan University, Haikou, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Genetic and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Hainan University, Haikou, P.R. China.
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Lubna, Asaf S, Jan R, Asif S, Bilal S, Khan AL, Al-Rawahi AN, Kim KM, Al-Harrasi A. The complete plastome sequences of invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus: genome organization, evolutionary significance, structural features, and comparative analysis. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4006. [PMID: 38369569 PMCID: PMC10874969 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54503-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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Parthenium hysterophorus, a globally widespread weed, poses a significant threat to agricultural ecosystems due to its invasive nature. We investigated the chloroplast genome of P. hysterophorus in this study. Our analysis revealed that the chloroplast genome of P. hysterophorus spans a length of 151,881 base pairs (bp). It exhibits typical quadripartite structure commonly found in chloroplast genomes, including inverted repeat regions (IR) of 25,085 bp, a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,052 bp, and a large single copy (LSC) region of 83,588 bp. A total of 129 unique genes were identified in P. hysterophorus chloroplast genomes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 36 tRNAs, and eight rRNAs genes. Comparative analysis of the P. hysterophorus plastome with those of related species from the tribe Heliantheae revealed both conserved structures and intriguing variations. While many structural elements were shared among the species, we identified a rearrangement in the large single-copy region of P. hysterophorus. Moreover, our study highlighted notable gene divergence in several specific genes, namely matK, ndhF, clpP, rps16, ndhA, rps3, and ndhD. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 72 shared genes placed P. hysterophorus in a distinct clade alongside another species, P. argentatum. Additionally, the estimated divergence time between the Parthenium genus and Helianthus (sunflowers) was approximately 15.1 million years ago (Mya). These findings provide valuable insights into the evolutionary history and genetic relationships of P. hysterophorus, shedding light on its divergence and adaptation over time.
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- Lubna
- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman.
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman.
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- Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Sugar Land, TX, 77479, USA
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman.
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Mehmetoğlu E, Kaymaz Y, Ateş D, Kahraman A, Tanyolaç MB. The complete chloroplast genome of Cicer reticulatum and comparative analysis against relative Cicer species. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17871. [PMID: 37857674 PMCID: PMC10587350 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44599-1] [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: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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The chloroplast (cp) genome is an adequate genomic resource to investigate evolutionary relationships among plant species and it carries marker genes available for species identification. The Cicer reticulatum is one of perennial species as the progenitor of cultivated chickpeas. Although a large part of the land plants has a quadruple chloroplast genome organization, the cp genome of C. reticulatum consists of one LSC (Large Single Copy Region), one SSC (Small Single Copy Region), and one IR (Inverted Repeat) region, which indicates that it has an untypical and unique structure. This type of chloroplast genome belongs to the IR-lacking clade. Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) was extracted from fresh leaves using a high salt-based protocol and sequencing was performed using DNA Nanoball Sequencing technology. The comparative analysis employed between the species to examine genomic differences and gene homology. The study also included codon usage frequency analysis, hotspot divergence analysis, and phylogenetic analysis using various bioinformatics tools. The cp genome of C. reticulatum was found 125,794 bp in length, with an overall GC content of 33.9%. With a total of 79 protein-coding genes, 34 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. Comparative genomic analysis revealed 99.93% similarity between C. reticulatum and C. arietinum. Phylogenetic analysis further indicated that the closest evolutionary relative to C. arietinum was C. reticulatum, whereas the previously sequenced wild Cicer species displayed slight distinctions across their entire coding regions. Several genomic regions, such as clpP and ycf1, were found to exhibit high nucleotide diversity, suggesting their potential utility as markers for investigating the evolutionary relationships within the Cicer genus. The first complete cp genome sequence of C. reticulatum will provide novel insights for future genetic research on Cicer crops.
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- Ezgi Mehmetoğlu
- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, Harran University, S. Urfa, 64000, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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Waquar AA, Ram K, Mohammad AA, Lee J. Genome size estimation of false daisy, cheek weed, pot marigold and marigold. Bioinformation 2023; 19:976-980. [PMID: 37928490 PMCID: PMC10625360 DOI: 10.6026/97320630019976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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We report the genome size estimated using flow cytometry for four closely related species, including false daisy (Eclipta prostrate), cheek weed (Ageratum conyzoides), pot marigold (Calendula officinalis), and marigold (Tagetes erecta) belonging to Asteraceae family. The detected genome size for false daisy, cheek weed, pot marigold, and marigold was, 2.435, 3.266, 3.413, and 1.897, Gbp, respectively, while their respective 2C DNA content was 2.5, 3.3, 3.5, and 1.9, pg. The information on genome size presented here will be useful for understanding genomic evolution and will also clear the way for additional genomic research in these species.
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- Akhter Ansari Waquar
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environment and Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Xu XM, Wei Z, Sun JZ, Zhao QF, Lu Y, Wang ZL, Zhu SX. Phylogeny of Leontopodium (Asteraceae) in China-with a reference to plastid genome and nuclear ribosomal DNA. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1163065. [PMID: 37583593 PMCID: PMC10425225 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1163065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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The infrageneric taxonomy system, species delimitation, and interspecies systematic relationships of Leontopodium remain controversial and complex. However, only a few studies have focused on the molecular phylogeny of this genus. In this study, the characteristics of 43 chloroplast genomes of Leontopodium and its closely related genera were analyzed. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred based on chloroplast genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA). Finally, together with the morphological characteristics, the relationships within Leontopodium were identified and discussed. The results showed that the chloroplast genomes of Filago, Gamochaeta, and Leontopodium were well-conserved in terms of gene number, gene order, and GC content. The most remarkable differences among the three genera were the length of the complete chloroplast genome, large single-copy region, small single-copy region, and inverted repeat region. In addition, the chloroplast genome structure of Leontopodium exhibited high consistency and was obviously different from that of Filago and Gamochaeta in some regions, such as matk, trnK (UUU)-rps16, petN-psbM, and trnE (UUC)-rpoB. All the phylogenetic trees indicated that Leontopodium was monophyletic. Except for the subgeneric level, our molecular phylogenetic results were inconsistent with the previous taxonomic system, which was based on morphological characteristics. Nevertheless, we found that the characteristics of the leaf base, stem types, and carpopodium base were phylogenetically correlated and may have potential value in the taxonomic study of Leontopodium. In the phylogenetic trees inferred using complete chloroplast genomes, the subgen. Leontopodium was divided into two clades (Clades 1 and 2), with most species in Clade 1 having herbaceous stems, amplexicaul, or sheathed leaves, and constricted carpopodium; most species in Clade 2 had woody stems, not amplexicaul and sheathed leaves, and not constricted carpopodium.
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Raiyemo DA, Tranel PJ. Comparative analysis of dioecious Amaranthus plastomes and phylogenomic implications within Amaranthaceae s.s. BMC Ecol Evol 2023; 23:15. [PMID: 37149567 PMCID: PMC10164334 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02121-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The genus Amaranthus L. consists of 70-80 species distributed across temperate and tropical regions of the world. Nine species are dioecious and native to North America; two of which are agronomically important weeds of row crops. The genus has been described as taxonomically challenging and relationships among species including the dioecious ones are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the phylogenetic relationships among the dioecious amaranths and sought to gain insights into plastid tree incongruence. A total of 19 Amaranthus species' complete plastomes were analyzed. Among these, seven dioecious Amaranthus plastomes were newly sequenced and assembled, an additional two were assembled from previously published short reads sequences and 10 other plastomes were obtained from a public repository (GenBank). RESULTS Comparative analysis of the dioecious Amaranthus species' plastomes revealed sizes ranged from 150,011 to 150,735 bp and consisted of 112 unique genes (78 protein-coding genes, 30 transfer RNAs and 4 ribosomal RNAs). Maximum likelihood trees, Bayesian inference trees and splits graphs support the monophyly of subgenera Acnida (7 dioecious species) and Amaranthus; however, the relationship of A. australis and A. cannabinus to the other dioecious species in Acnida could not be established, as it appears a chloroplast capture occurred from the lineage leading to the Acnida + Amaranthus clades. Our results also revealed intraplastome conflict at some tree branches that were in some cases alleviated with the use of whole chloroplast genome alignment, indicating non-coding regions contribute valuable phylogenetic signals toward shallow relationship resolution. Furthermore, we report a very low evolutionary distance between A. palmeri and A. watsonii, indicating that these two species are more genetically related than previously reported. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides valuable plastome resources as well as a framework for further evolutionary analyses of the entire Amaranthus genus as more species are sequenced.
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- Damilola A Raiyemo
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Konopiński MK. Average weighted nucleotide diversity is more precise than pixy in estimating the true value of π from sequence sets containing missing data. Mol Ecol Resour 2023; 23:348-354. [PMID: 36031871 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13707] [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: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Nucleotide diversity remains an important statistic in population genetic/genomic studies. Although recent advances in massive sequencing make generating sequence data sets cheaper and faster, currently used technologies often introduce substantial amounts of missing nucleotides in their output. A novel method of estimating π from data sets containing missing data - pixy - has also recently been proposed. In this study, the pixy estimator, πpixy , was compared to average weighted nucleotide diversity, πW . The estimators were tested both on sequences simulated in fastsimcoal and real sequence sets. Both sets were modified by random insertion of missing nucleotides. Weighted nucleotide diversity performed better in all pairwise comparisons. It was characterized by a smaller error and a narrower distribution of the results. πpixy tends to overestimate the nucleotide diversity when both the proportion of missing data and the level of variation is low. Of the two estimators, only πW estimated the true nucleotide diversity in a part of the simulations. A simple formula for estimating πW allows for easy integration of the estimator in packages such as pixy, which would allow obtaining more precise estimates of nucleotide diversity either in a sliding window or for discrete genomic regions.
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Guo C, Zhang X, Li Y, Xie J, Gao P, Hao P, Han L, Zhang J, Wang W, Liu P, Ding J, Chang Y. Whole-genome resequencing reveals genetic differences and the genetic basis of parapodium number in Russian and Chinese Apostichopus japonicus. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:25. [PMID: 36647018 PMCID: PMC9843871 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09113-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Apostichopus japonicus is an economically important species in the global aquaculture industry. Russian A. japonicus, mainly harvested in the Vladivostok region, exhibits significant phenotypic differentiation, including in many economically important traits, compared with Chinese A. japonicus owing to differences in their habitat. However, both the genetic basis for the phenotypic divergence and the population genetic structure of Russian and Chinese A. japonicus are unknown. RESULT In this study, 210 individuals from seven Russian and Chinese A. japonicus populations were sampled for whole-genome resequencing. The genetic structure analysis differentiated the Russian and Chinese A. japonicus into two groups. Population genetic analyses indicated that the Russian population showed a high degree of allelic linkage and had undergone stronger positive selection compared with the Chinese populations. Gene ontology terms enriched among candidate genes with group selection analysis were mainly involved in immunity, such as inflammatory response, antimicrobial peptides, humoral immunity, and apoptosis. Genome-wide association analysis yielded eight single-nucleotide polymorphism loci significantly associated with parapodium number, and these loci are located in regions with a high degree of genomic differentiation between the Chinese and Russia populations. These SNPs were associated with five genes. Gene expression validation revealed that three of these genes were significantly differentially expressed in individuals differing in parapodium number. AJAP08772 and AJAP08773 may directly affect parapodium production by promoting endothelial cell proliferation and metabolism, whereas AJAP07248 indirectly affects parapodium production by participating in immune responses. CONCLUSIONS This study, we performed population genetic structure and GWAS analysis on Chinese and Russian A. japonicus, and found three candidate genes related to the number of parapodium. The results provide an in-depth understanding of the differences in the genetic structure of A. japonicus populations in China and Russia, and provide important information for subsequent genetic analysis and breeding of this species.
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- Chao Guo
- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China ,grid.203507.30000 0000 8950 5267Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410631.10000 0001 1867 7333Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China’s Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023 People’s Republic of China
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Javaid N, Ramzan M, Khan IA, Alahmadi TA, Datta R, Fahad S, Danish S. The chloroplast genome of Farsetia hamiltonii Royle, phylogenetic analysis, and comparative study with other members of Clade C of Brassicaceae. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:384. [PMID: 35918648 PMCID: PMC9344719 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03750-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Farsetia hamiltonii Royle is a medicinally important annual plant from the Cholistan desert that belongs to the tribe Anastaticeae and clade C of the Brassicaceae family. We provide the entire chloroplast sequence of F.hamiltonii, obtained using the Illumina HiSeq2500 and paired-end sequencing. We compared F. hamiltonii to nine other clade C species, including Farsetia occidentalis, Lobularia libyca, Notoceras bicorne, Parolinia ornata, Morettia canescens, Cochlearia borzaeana, Megacarpaea polyandra, Biscutella laevigata, and Iberis amara. We conducted phylogenetic research on the 22 Brassicaceae species, which included members from 17 tribes and six clades. RESULTS The chloroplast genome sequence of F.hamiltonii of 154,802 bp sizes with 36.30% GC content and have a typical structure comprised of a Large Single Copy (LSC) of 83,906 bp, a Small Single Copy (SSC) of 17,988 bp, and two copies of Inverted Repeats (IRs) of 26,454 bp. The genomes of F. hamiltonii and F. occidentalis show shared amino acid frequencies and codon use, RNA editing sites, simple sequence repeats, and oligonucleotide repeats. The maximum likelihood tree revealed Farsetia as a monophyletic genus, closely linked to Morettia, with a bootstrap score of 100. The rate of transversion substitutions (Tv) was higher than the rate of transition substitutions (Ts), resulting in Ts/Tv less than one in all comparisons with F. hamiltonii, indicating that the species are closely related. The rate of synonymous substitutions (Ks) was greater than non-synonymous substitutions (Ka) in all comparisons with F. hamiltonii, with a Ka/Ks ratio smaller than one, indicating that genes underwent purifying selection. Low nucleotide diversity values range from 0.00085 to 0.08516, and IR regions comprise comparable genes on junctions with minimal change, supporting the conserved status of the selected chloroplast genomes of the clade C of the Brassicaceae family. We identified ten polymorphic regions, including rps8-rpl14, rps15-ycf1, ndhG-ndhI, psbK-psbI, ccsA-ndhD, rpl36-rps8, petA-psbJ, ndhF-rpl32, psaJ-rpl3, and ycf1 that might be exploited to construct genuine and inexpensive to solve taxonomic discrepancy and understand phylogenetic relationship amongst Brassicaceae species. CONCLUSION The entire chloroplast sequencing of F. hamiltonii sheds light on the divergence of genic chloroplast sequences among members of the clade C. When other Farsetia species are sequenced in the future, the full F. hamiltonii chloroplast will be used as a source for comprehensive taxonomical investigations of the genus. The comparison of F. hamiltonii and other clade C species adds new information to the phylogenetic data and evolutionary processes of the clade. The results of this study will also provide further molecular uses of clade C chloroplasts for possible plant genetic modifications and will help recognise more Brassicaceae family species.
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- Nida Javaid
- Department of Botany, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Jamil-ur-Rahman Center for Genome Research, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270 Pakistan
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Medical City, PO Box-2925, Riyadh, 11461 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Haripur, 22620 Pakistan
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228 China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228 China
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800 Punjab Pakistan
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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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Comparative Analysis of Chloroplast Genome in Saccharum spp. and Related Members of ‘Saccharum Complex’. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147661. [PMID: 35887005 PMCID: PMC9315705 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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High ploids of the sugarcane nuclear genome limit its genomic studies, whereas its chloroplast genome is small and conserved, which is suitable for phylogenetic studies and molecular marker development. Here, we applied whole genome sequencing technology to sequence and assemble chloroplast genomes of eight species of the ‘Saccharum Complex’, and elucidated their sequence variations. In total, 19 accessions were sequenced, and 23 chloroplast genomes were assembled, including 6 species of Saccharum (among them, S. robustum, S. sinense, and S. barberi firstly reported in this study) and 2 sugarcane relative species, Tripidium arundinaceum and Narenga porphyrocoma. The plastid phylogenetic signal demonstrated that S. officinarum and S. robustum shared a common ancestor, and that the cytoplasmic origins of S. sinense and S. barberi were much more ancient than the S. offcinarum/S. robustum linage. Overall, 14 markers were developed, including 9 InDel markers for distinguishing Saccharum from its relative species, 4 dCAPS markers for distinguishing S. officinarum from S. robustum, and 1 dCAPS marker for distinguishing S. sinense and S. barberi from other species. The results obtained from our studies will contribute to the understanding of the classification and plastome evolution of Saccharinae, and the molecular markers developed have demonstrated their highly discriminatory power in Saccharum and relative species.
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He X, Dong S, Gao C, Wang Q, Zhou M, Cheng R. The complete chloroplast genome of Carpesium abrotanoides L. (Asteraceae): structural organization, comparative analysis, mutational hotspots and phylogenetic implications within the tribe Inuleae. Biologia (Bratisl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-022-01038-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Literman RA, Ott BM, Wen J, Grauke LJ, Schwartz RS, Handy SM. Reference-free discovery of nuclear SNPs permits accurate, sensitive identification of Carya (hickory) species and hybrids. APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES 2022; 10:e11455. [PMID: 35228913 PMCID: PMC8861591 DOI: 10.1002/aps3.11455] [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: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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PREMISE DNA-based species identification is critical when morphological identification is restricted, but DNA-based identification pipelines typically rely on the ability to compare homologous sequence data across species. Because many clades lack robust genomic resources, we present here a bioinformatics pipeline capable of generating genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data while circumventing the need for any reference genome or annotation data. METHODS Using the SISRS bioinformatics pipeline, we generated de novo ortholog data for the genus Carya, isolating sites where genetic variation was restricted to a single Carya species (i.e., species-informative SNPs). We leveraged these SNPs to identify both full-species and hybrid Carya specimens, even at very low sequencing depths. RESULTS We identified between 46,000 and 476,000 species-identifying SNPs for each of eight diploid Carya species, and all species identifications were concordant with the species of record. For all putative F1 hybrid specimens, both parental species were correctly identified in all cases, and more punctate patterns of introgression were detectable in more cryptic crosses. DISCUSSION Bioinformatics pipelines that use only short-read sequencing data provide vital new tools enabling rapid expansion of DNA identification assays for model and non-model clades alike.
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- Robert A. Literman
- Office of Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationCollege ParkMarylandUSA
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- Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationCollege ParkMarylandUSA
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- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural HistorySmithsonian InstitutionWashington, D.C.USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)–Agricultural Research Service Pecan Breeding and GeneticsSomervilleTexasUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Rhode IslandKingstonRhode IslandUSA
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- Office of Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationCollege ParkMarylandUSA
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Pascual-Díaz JP, Garcia S, Vitales D. Plastome Diversity and Phylogenomic Relationships in Asteraceae. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10122699. [PMID: 34961169 PMCID: PMC8705268 DOI: 10.3390/plants10122699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plastid genomes are in general highly conserved given their slow evolutionary rate, and thus large changes in their structure are unusual. However, when specific rearrangements are present, they are often phylogenetically informative. Asteraceae is a highly diverse family whose evolution is long driven by polyploidy (up to 48x) and hybridization, both processes usually complicating systematic inferences. In this study, we generated one of the most comprehensive plastome-based phylogenies of family Asteraceae, providing information about the structure, genetic diversity and repeat composition of these sequences. By comparing the whole-plastome sequences obtained, we confirmed the double inversion located in the long single-copy region, for most of the species analyzed (with the exception of basal tribes), a well-known feature for Asteraceae plastomes. We also showed that genome size, gene order and gene content are highly conserved along the family. However, species representative of the basal subfamily Barnadesioideae-as well as in the sister family Calyceraceae-lack the pseudogene rps19 located in one inverted repeat. The phylogenomic analysis conducted here, based on 63 protein-coding genes, 30 transfer RNA genes and 21 ribosomal RNA genes from 36 species of Asteraceae, were overall consistent with the general consensus for the family's phylogeny while resolving the position of tribe Senecioneae and revealing some incongruences at tribe level between reconstructions based on nuclear and plastid DNA data.
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- Joan Pere Pascual-Díaz
- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC), Passeig del Migdia s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC), Passeig del Migdia s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC), Passeig del Migdia s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain;
- Laboratori de Botànica–Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l’Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Thode VA, Oliveira CT, Loeuille B, Siniscalchi CM, Pirani JR. Comparative analyses of Mikania (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) plastomes and impact of data partitioning and inference methods on phylogenetic relationships. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13267. [PMID: 34168241 PMCID: PMC8225666 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92727-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We assembled new plastomes of 19 species of Mikania and of Ageratina fastigiata, Litothamnus nitidus, and Stevia collina, all belonging to tribe Eupatorieae (Asteraceae). We analyzed the structure and content of the assembled plastomes and used the newly generated sequences to infer phylogenetic relationships and study the effects of different data partitions and inference methods on the topologies. Most phylogenetic studies with plastomes ignore that processes like recombination and biparental inheritance can occur in this organelle, using the whole genome as a single locus. Our study sought to compare this approach with multispecies coalescent methods that assume that different parts of the genome evolve at different rates. We found that the overall gene content, structure, and orientation are very conserved in all plastomes of the studied species. As observed in other Asteraceae, the 22 plastomes assembled here contain two nested inversions in the LSC region. The plastomes show similar length and the same gene content. The two most variable regions within Mikania are rpl32-ndhF and rpl16-rps3, while the three genes with the highest percentage of variable sites are ycf1, rpoA, and psbT. We generated six phylogenetic trees using concatenated maximum likelihood and multispecies coalescent methods and three data partitions: coding and non-coding sequences and both combined. All trees strongly support that the sampled Mikania species form a monophyletic group, which is further subdivided into three clades. The internal relationships within each clade are sensitive to the data partitioning and inference methods employed. The trees resulting from concatenated analysis are more similar among each other than to the correspondent tree generated with the same data partition but a different method. The multispecies coalescent analysis indicate a high level of incongruence between species and gene trees. The lack of resolution and congruence among trees can be explained by the sparse sampling (~ 0.45% of the currently accepted species) and by the low number of informative characters present in the sequences. Our study sheds light into the impact of data partitioning and methods over phylogenetic resolution and brings relevant information for the study of Mikania diversity and evolution, as well as for the Asteraceae family as a whole.
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- Verônica A Thode
- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx, Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional, Estrada Roberto Burle Marx, 2019, Barra de Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 23020-240, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Professor Moraes Rego, 1235, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, 295 Lee Blvd, Mississippi State, Mississippi, MS, 39762, USA.
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Tv. 14, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-090, Brazil
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