The Complete Plastome Sequences of Seven Species in Gentiana sect. Kudoa (Gentianaceae): Insights Into Plastid Gene Loss and Molecular Evolution.

ABSTRACT: The chloroplast (cp) genome is useful in the study of phylogenomics, molecular dating, and molecular evolution. Gentiana sect. Kudoa is a predominantly alpine flowering plant that is valued for its contributions to medicine, ecology, and horticulture. Previous evolutionary studies showed that the plastid gene loss pattern and intra-sectional phylogenetics in sect. Kudoa are still unclear. In this study, we compared 11 Gentiana plastomes, including 7 newly sequenced plastomes from sect. Kudoa, to represent its three serious: ser. Ornatae, ser. Verticillatae, and ser. Monanthae. The cp genome sizes of the seven species ranged from 137,278 to 147,156 bp. The plastome size variation mainly occurred in the small single-copy and long single

SUBMITTER: Sun SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5938401 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature