Low-coverage whole genome sequencing of eleven species/subspecies in Dioscorea sect. Stenophora (Dioscoreaceae): comparative plastome analyses, molecular markers development and phylogenetic inference.

ABSTRACT: Dioscorea sect. Stenophora (Dioscoreaceae) comprises about 30 species that are distributed in the temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Despite being evolutionarily "primitive" and medically valuable, genomic resources and molecular studies of this section are still scarce. Here, we conducted low-coverage whole genome sequencing of 11 Stenophora species/subspecies to retrieve their plastome information (whole plastome characteristics, plastome-divergent hotspots, plastome-derived SSRs, etc.) and polymorphic nuclear SSRs, as well as performed comparative plastome and phylogenetic analyses within this section. The plastomes of Stenophora species/subspecies ranged from 153,691 bp (D. zingiberensis) to 154,149 bp (D. biformifolia

SUBMITTER: Hu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10281252 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature