Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Fagus sylvatica L. Reveal Sequence Conservation in the Inverted Repeat and the Presence of Allelic Variation in NUPTs.

ABSTRACT: Growing amounts of genomic data and more efficient assembly tools advance organelle genomics at an unprecedented scale. Genomic resources are increasingly used for phylogenetic analyses of many plant species, but are less frequently used to investigate within-species variability and phylogeography. In this study, we investigated genetic diversity of Fagus sylvatica, an important broadleaved tree species of European forests, based on complete chloroplast genomes of 18 individuals sampled widely across the species distribution. Our results confirm the hypothesis of a low cpDNA diversity in European beech. The chloroplast genome size was remarkably stable (158,428 ± 37 bp). The polymorphic markers, 12 microsatellites (SSR), four SNPs and one indel, were found only in the single copy re

SUBMITTER: Ulaszewski B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8468245 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature