Complete Chloroplast Genomes and Comparative Analyses of Three Ornamental Impatiens Species.

ABSTRACT: Impatiens L., the largest genus in the family Balsaminaceae with approximately 1,000 species, is a controversial genus. Due to the conflict of morphological features and insufficient genomic resources, the studies of systematic evolution and understanding of taxonomic identification are considered to be very limited. Hence, we have sequenced the complete chloroplast genomes of three ornamental species (Impatiens balsamina, I. hawkeri, and I. walleriana), and compared them with previously published wild species data. We performed a detailed comparison of a highly similar basic structure, size, GC content, gene number, order, and functional array among them. Similarly, most divergent genes were detected from previous work in the literature. The mutational regions

SUBMITTER: Luo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006450 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature