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Novel Sequence Discovery by Subtractive Genomics
Published on: January 25, 2019
Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Parnassia brevistyla (Celastraceae) and phylogenetic analysis with related
Mingze Xia1,2, Faqi Zhang1,3, Hua Rao4
1Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China.
Abstract:
The taxonomic status of Parnassia has been widely discussed, which has been placed in more than five families, Parnassiaceae, Droseraceae, Saxifragaceae, and Celastraceae. Due to the lack of reliable genetic data, we sequenced and analyzed P. brevistyla chloroplast genome for future genetic study. The complete chloroplast genomes of Parnassia brevistyla was sequenced with NovaSeq 6000. The full length of P. brevistyla chloroplast genomes is 151,728 bp. A total of 114 unique genes, including 30 tRNA genes, four rRNA genes, and 80 protein-coding genes were found in the chloroplast genome. Using the whole chloroplast genome sequences alignment of 10 species from Celastraceae and Saxifragaceae, the phylogenetic relationship was built. The phylogenetic position of P. brevistyla was closely clustered with Celastraceae. The complete chloroplast genome of P. brevistyla provides utility information for further research of phylogenetic relationship and taxonomic status of Parnassia.
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