scholarly journals Complete chloroplast genomes of Achnatherum inebrians and comparative analyses with related species from Poaceae

FEBS Open Bio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuekai Wei ◽  
Xiuzhang Li ◽  
Taixiang Chen ◽  
Zhenjiang Chen ◽  
Yuanyuan Jin ◽  
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Phyton ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 957-986
Author(s):  
Yingting Zhang ◽  
Junjie Yang ◽  
Zhenhao Guo ◽  
Jiaxing Mo ◽  
Jiebing Cui ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann W. Njuguna ◽  
Zhi-Zhong Li ◽  
Josphat K. Saina ◽  
Justus M. Munywoki ◽  
Andrew W. Gichira ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Yang ◽  
Xuezhu Liao ◽  
Lingxiao Yang ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Weixue Mu ◽  
...  

AbstractBackgroundChloroplast are believed to arise from a cyanobacterium through endosymbiosis and they played vital roles in photosynthesis, oxygen release and metabolites synthesis for the plant. With the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, until December 2018, about 3,654 complete chloroplast genome sequences have been made available. It is possible to compare the chloroplast genome structure to elucidate the evolutionary history of the green plants.ResultsWe compared the 3654 chloroplast genomes of the green plants and found extreme conservation of gene orders and gene blocks in the green plant such as ATP synthase cluster, Phytosystem, Cytochrome cluster, and Ribosomal cluster. For the chloroplast-based phylogenomics, we used three different data sets to recover the relationships within green plants which accounted for biased GC content and could mitigate the bias in molecular data sets by increasing taxon sampling. The main topology results include: I) Chlorokybales + Mesostigmatales as the earliest-branching lineage and a clade comprising Zygnematales+ Desmidiales formed a grade as the sister group to the land plants, II) Based on matrix AA data, Bryophytes was strongly supported as monophyletic but for matrix nt123 data, hornworts, mosses and liverworts were placed as successive sister lineages of Tracheophytes with strong support, III) Magnoliids were placed in the outside of Monocots using the matrix nt123 data and the matrix AA data, IV) Ceratophyllales + Chloranthales as sister to the Eudicots using matrix nt123 data, but when using matrix nt12 data and AA data, only Ceratophyllales sister to the Eudicots.ConclusionWe present the first of its kind large scale comparative analyses of the chloroplast coding gene constitution for 3654 green plants. Some important genes likely showed co-occurrence and formed gene cluster and gene blocks in Streptophyta. We found a clear expansion of IRs (Inverted Repeats) among seed plants. The comprehensive taxon sampling and different data sets recovered a strong relationship for green plants.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhou Hong ◽  
Dan Peng ◽  
Wenchuang He ◽  
Ningnan Zhang ◽  
Zengjiang Yang ◽  
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Abstract The genus Dalbergia contains more than 120 species several of which are trees that produce traditional medicines and extremely high value timber commonly referred to as rosewood. Due to the rarity of these species in the wild, the high value of the timber, and a growing international illicit trade CITES has listed the entire genus in appendix II and the species D. nigra in appendix I because it is considered threatened with extinction. Given this and the fact that species or even genus level determination is nearly impossible from cut timber alternative molecular methods are needed to identify and track intercepted rosewood. In order to improve molecular identification of rosewood, we sequenced and assembled eight chloroplast genomes including D. nigra as well as conducted comparative analyses with all other available chloroplast genomes in Dalbergia and closely related lineages. From these analyses numerous repeats including simple sequence repeats (SSR) and conserved nucleotide polymorphisms unique to subclades within the genus were detected. From phylogenetic analysis using the CDS of 77 coding genes the groups Siam rosewood and scented rosewood based mainly on wood characteristics were supported as monophyletic. In addition, several instances of paraphyly and polyphyly resulting from mismatch between taxonomic determinations and phylogenetic tree topology were identified. Ultimately, the highly variable regions in the chloroplast genomes will provide useful plastid markers for further studies regarding the identification, phylogeny, and population genetics of Dalbergia species including those frequently intercepted in illegal trade.


Biologia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 761-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah ◽  
Shahid Waseem ◽  
Bushra Mirza ◽  
Ibrar Ahmed ◽  
Mohammad Tahir Waheed

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Zhang ◽  
Yanping Xing ◽  
Liang Xu ◽  
Guihua Bao ◽  
Zhilai Zhan ◽  
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Abstract Background Baitouweng is a traditional Chinese medicine with a long history of different applications. Although referred to as a single medicine, Baitouweng is actually comprised of many closely related species. It is therefore critically important to identify the different species that are utilized in these medicinal applications. Knowledge about their phylogenetic relationships can be derived from their chloroplast genomes and may provide additional insights into development of molecular markers. Methods Genomic DNA was extracted from six species of Pulsatilla and then sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 4000. Sequences were assembled into contigs by SOAPdenovo 2.04, aligned to the reference genome using BLAST, and then manually corrected. Genome annotation was performed by the online DOGMA tool. General characteristics of the cp genomes of the six species were analyzed and compared with closely related species. Additionally, phylogenetic trees were constructed, based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 51 shared protein-coding gene sequences in the cp genome among all 31 species via maximum likelihood. Results The size of cp genomes of P. chinensis (Bge.) Regel, P. chinensis (Bge.) Regel var. kissii (Mandl) S. H. Li et Y. H. Huang, P. cernua (Thunb.) Bercht. et Opiz f. plumbea J. X. Ji et Y. T. zhao, P. dahurica (Fisch.) Spreng, P. turczaninovii Kryl. et Serg, and P. cernua (Thunb.) Bercht. et Opiz. were 163,851 bp, 163,756 bp, 162,481 bp, 162,450 bp, 162,795 bp, and 162,924 bp, respectively. Each species included two inverted repeat regions, a small single-copy region, and a large single-copy region. A total of 134 genes were annotated, including 90 protein-coding genes, 36 tRNAs, and eight rRNAs across all species. In simple sequence repeat analysis, only P. dahurica was found to contain hexanucleotide repeats. A total of 26, 39, 32, 37, 32 and 43 large repeat sequences were identified in the genic regions of the six Pulsatilla species. Nucleotide diversity analysis revealed that the rpl36 gene and ccsA-ndhD region have the highest Pi value. In addition, two phylogenetic trees of the cp genomes were constructed, which laced all Pulsatilla species into one branch within Ranunculaceae. Conclusions We identified and analyzed the cp genome features of six species of P. Miller, with implications for species identification and phylogenetic analysis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Hai-Li Li ◽  
Jun-Di Zhong ◽  
Yun Wang ◽  
Chang-Chun Yuan

In the Combretaceae family, only two species of Lumnitzera and one species of Laguncularia belong to mangroves. Among them, Lumnitzera littorea (Jack) Voigt. is an endangered mangrove plant in China for the limited occurrence and seed abortion. In contrast, Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. is known as the most widespread mangrove plant in China. Laguncularia racemosa C. F. Gaertn., an exotic mangrove in China, has the fast growth and high adaptation ability. To better understand the phylogenetic positions of these mangroves in Combretaceae and in Myrtales and to provide information for studies on evolutionary adaptation for intertidal habitat, the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of Lu. racemosa and La. racemosa were sequenced. Furthermore, we present here the results from the assembly and annotation of the two cp genomes, which were further subjected to the comparative analysis with Lu. littorea cp genomes we published before and other eleven closely related species within Myrtales. The chloroplast genomes of the three Combretaceae mangrove species: Lu. littorea, Lu. racemosa, and La. racemosa are 159,687 bp, 159,473 bp, and 158,311 bp in size. All three cp genomes host 130 genes including 85 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNAs, and 4 rRNAs. A comparative analysis of those three genomes revealed the high similarity of genes in coding-regions and conserved gene order in the IR and LSC/SSC regions. The differences between Lumnitzera and Laguncularia cp genomes are the locations of rps19 and rpl2 genes in the IR/SC boundary regions. Investigating the effects of selection events on shared protein-coding genes showed a relaxed selection had acted on the ycf2, ycf1, and matK genes of Combretaceae mangroves compared to the nonmangrove species Eucalyptus aromaphloia. The phylogenetic analysis based on the whole chloroplast genome sequence with one outgroup species strongly supported three Combretaceae mangroves together with other two Combretaceae species formed a cluster in Combretaceae. This study is the first report on the comparative analysis of three Combretaceae mangrove chloroplast genomes, which will provide the significant information for understanding photosynthesis and evolution in Combretaceae mangrove plants.


Author(s):  
Umar Rehman ◽  
Nighat Sultana ◽  
Abdullah . ◽  
Abbas Jamal ◽  
Maryam Muzaffar ◽  
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Family Phyllanthaceae is one of the largest segregates of the eudicot order Malpighiales and its species are herb, shrub, and tree, which are mostly distributed in tropical regions. Certain taxonomic discrepancies exist at genus and family level. Here, we report chloroplast genomes of three Phyllanthaceae species—Phyllanthus emblica, Flueggea virosa, and Leptopus cordifolius— and compare them with six others previously reported Phyllanthaceae chloroplast genomes. The species of Phyllanthaceae displayed quadripartite structure, comprising inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) that separate large single copy (LSC) and small single copy (SSC) regions. The length of complete chloroplast genome ranged from 154,707 bp to 161,093 bp; LSC from 83,627 bp to 89,932 bp; IRs from 23,921 bp to 27,128 bp; and SSC from 17,424 bp to 19,441 bp. Chloroplast genomes contained 111 to 112 unique genes, including 77 to 78 protein-coding, 30 transfer RNA (tRNA), and 4 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) that showed similarities in arrangement. The number of protein-coding genes varied due to deletion/pseudogenization of rps16 genes in Baccaurea ramiflora and Leptopus cordifolius. High variability was seen in number of oligonucleotide repeats while analysis of guanine-cytosine (GC) content, codon usage, amino acid frequency, simple sequence repeats analysis, synonymous and non-synonymous substitutions, and transition and transversion substitutions showed similarities in all Phyllanthaceae species. We detected a higher number of transition substitutions in the coding sequences than non-coding sequences. Moreover, the high number of transition substitutions was determined among the distantly related species in comparison to closely related species. Phylogenetic analysis shows the polyphyletic nature of the genus Phyllanthus which requires further verification. We also determined suitable polymorphic coding genes, including rpl22, ycf1, matK, ndhF, and rps15 which may be helpful for the reconstruction of the high-resolution phylogenetic tree of the family Phyllanthaceae using a large number of species in the future. Overall, the current study provides insight into chloroplast genome evolution in Phyllanthaceae.


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