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Published on: January 25, 2019
Assembly of the Mitochondrial Genome in the Campanulaceae Family Using Illumina Low-Coverage Sequencing
Hyun-Oh Lee1,2, Ji-Weon Choi3, Jeong-Ho Baek4
1Phyzen Genomics Institute, Seongnam 13558, Korea. dlgusdh88@phyzen.com.
Abstract:
Platycodongrandiflorus (balloon flower) and Codonopsislanceolata (bonnet bellflower) are important herbs used in Asian traditional medicine, and both belong to the botanical family Campanulaceae. In this study, we designed and implemented a de novo DNA sequencing and assembly strategy to map the complete mitochondrial genomes of the first two members of the Campanulaceae using low-coverage Illumina DNA sequencing data. We produced a total of 28.9 Gb of paired-end sequencing data from the genomic DNA of P.grandiflorus (20.9 Gb) and C.lanceolata (8.0 Gb). The assembled mitochondrial genome of P.grandiflorus was found to consist of two circular chromosomes; the master circle contains 56 genes, and the minor circle contains 42 genes. The C.lanceolata mitochondrial genome consists of a single circle harboring 54 genes. Using a comparative genome structure and a pattern of repeated sequences, we show that the P.grandiflorus minor circle resulted from a recombination event involving the direct repeats of the master circle. Our dataset will be useful for comparative genomics and for evolutionary studies, and will facilitate further biological and phylogenetic characterization of species in the Campanulaceae.
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