Comparative plastomics of Amaryllidaceae: inverted repeat expansion and the degradation of the ndh genes in Strumaria truncata Jacq.

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Könyves, K., Bilsborrow, J., Christodoulou, M. D., Culham, A. orcid id iconORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-0133 and David, J. (2021) Comparative plastomics of Amaryllidaceae: inverted repeat expansion and the degradation of the ndh genes in Strumaria truncata Jacq. PeerJ, 9. e12400. ISSN 2167-8359 doi: 10.7717/peerj.12400

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Amaryllidaceae is a widespread and distinctive plant family contributing both food and ornamental plants. Here we present an initial survey of plastomes across the family and report on both structural rearrangements and gene losses. Most plastomes in the family are of similar gene arrangement and content however some taxa have shown gains in plastome length while in several taxa there is evidence of gene loss. Strumaria truncata shows a substantial loss of ndh family genes while three other taxa show loss of cemA, which has been reported only rarely. Our sparse sampling of the family has detected sufficient variation to suggest further sampling across the family could be a rich source of new information on plastome variation and evolution.

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Item Type Article
URI https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/101609
Identification Number/DOI 10.7717/peerj.12400
Refereed Yes
Divisions Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Central Services > Academic and Governance Services > University Museums and Special Collections
Uncontrolled Keywords Phylogeny, Botany, Taxonomy
Publisher PeerJ Inc
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