Comparative analysis of dioecious Amaranthus plastomes and phylogenomic implications within Amaranthaceae s.s.

ABSTRACT:

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 plastome

SUBMITTER: Raiyemo DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10164334 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature