The Mitochondrial Genome of the Holoparasitic Plant Thonningia sanguinea Provides Insights into the Evolution of the Multichromosomal Structure.

ABSTRACT: Multichromosomal mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) structures have repeatedly evolved in many lineages of angiosperms. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The mitogenomes of three genera of Balanophoraceae, namely Lophophytum, Ombrophytum, and Rhopalocnemis, have already been sequenced and assembled, all showing a highly multichromosomal structure, albeit with different genome and chromosome sizes. It is expected that characterization of additional lineages of this family may expand the knowledge of mitogenome diversity and provide insights into the evolution of the plant mitogenome structure and size. Here, we assembled and characterized the mitogenome of Thonningia sanguinea, which, together with Balanophora, forms a clade sister to the clade comprising Lophophytum, Ombrop

SUBMITTER: Zhou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476698 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature