Comparative chloroplast genomics of Caryophyllaceae species: insights into sequence variations and phylogenetic evolution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Caryophyllaceae contains 100 genera and 3000 species, many of which are valuable both ecologically and economically. However, as past research has shown, the fundamental phylogenetic relationships of Caryophyllaceae are still debatable, and molecular dating based on chloroplast genomes has not been thoroughly examined for the entire family.

Methods

In this study, the complete chloroplast genome sequences of Arenaria kansuensis Maxim., A. roborowskii Maxim., A. przewalskii Maxim., and Silene aprica Turcz were described. Additionally, the four newly generated along with eighteen published chloroplast genomes of Caryophyllaceae were included for comparative genomics analysis.

Results

These 22 chloroplast genomes had typical quadripartite structure, with 128-13

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11674409 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature