Comparative Chloroplast Genomics of <i>Actinidia deliciosa</i> Cultivars: Insights into Positive Selection and Population Evolution.

ABSTRACT: The chloroplast genome, as an important evolutionary marker, can provide a new breakthrough direction for the population evolution of plant species. Actinidia deliciosa represents one of the most economically significant and widely cultivated fruit species in the genus Actinidia. In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the complete chloroplast genomes of seven cultivars of Actinidia. deliciosa to detect the structural variation and population evolutionary characteristics. The total genome size ranged from 156,404 bp (A. deliciosa cv. Hayward) to 156,495 bp (A. deliciosa cv. Yate). A total of 321 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) and 1335 repetitive sequences were identified. Large-scale repeat sequences may facilitate indels and substitutions, molecular var

SUBMITTER: He X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12072308 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature