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Molecular characterizations of genes in chloroplast genomes of the genus Arachis L. (Fabaceae) based on the codon
Shuwei Yang1, Gun Li2, Hao Li3
1School of Intelligent Science and Information Engineering, Xi'an Peihua University, Xi'An, Shaanxi, China.
Abstract:
Studies on the molecular characteristics of chloroplast genome are generally important for clarifying the evolutionary processes of plant species. The base composition, the effective number of codons, the relative synonymous codon usage, the codon bias index, and their correlation coefficients of a total of 41 genes in 21 chloroplast genomes of the genus Arachis were investigated to further perform the correspondence and clustering analyses, revealing significantly higher variations in genomes of wild species than those of the cultivated taxa. The codon usage patterns of all 41 genes in the genus Arachis were AT-rich, suggesting that the natural selection was the main factor affecting the evolutionary history of these genomes. Five genes (i.e., ndhC, petD, atpF, rpl14, and rps11) and five genes (i.e., atpE, psbD, psaB, ycf2, and rps12) showed higher and lower base usage divergences, respectively. This study provided novel insights into our understanding of the molecular evolution of chloroplast genomes in the genus Arachis.
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