Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis for the Plastid Genomes of Five Tulipa (Liliaceae).

ABSTRACT: Species of Tulipa (Liliaceae) are of great horticultural importance and are distributed across Europe, North Africa, and Asia. The Tien Shan Mountain is one of the primary diversity centres of Tulipa, but the molecular studies of Tulipa species from this location are lacking. In our study, we assembled four Tulipa plastid genomes from the Tien Shan Mountains, T. altaica, T. iliensis, T. patens, and T. thianschanica, combined with the plastid genome of T. sylvestris to compare against other Liliaceae plastid genomes. We focussed on the species diversity and evolution of their plastid genomes. The five Tulipa plastid genomes proved highly similar in overall size (151,691-152,088 bp), structure, gene order, and content. Wit

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8235973 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature