| Comparative Analysis of Six Lagerstroemia Complete Chloroplast Genomes | |
| Xu, Chao; ....; He, Kaihong; et al | |
| 2017 | |
| Source Publication | FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
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| Volume | 8Issue:xPages:15 |
| Abstract | Crape myrtles are economically important ornamental trees of the genus Lagerstroemia L. (Lythraceae), with a distribution from tropical to northern temperate zones. They are positioned phylogenetically to a large subclade of rosids (in the eudicots) which contain more than 25% of all the angiosperms. They commonly bloom from summer till fall and are of significant value in city landscape and environmental protection. Morphological traits are shared inter-specifically among plants of Lagerstroemia to certain extent and are also influenced by environmental conditions and different developmental stages. Thus, classification of plants in Lagerstroemia at species and cultivar levels is still a challenging task. Chloroplast (cp) genome sequences have been proven to be an informative and valuable source of cp DNA markers for genetic diversity evaluation. In this study, the complete cp genomes of three Lagerstroemia species were newly sequenced, and three other published cp genome sequences of Lagerstroemia were retrieved for comparative analyses in order to obtain an upgraded understanding of the application value of genetic information from the cp genomes. The six cp genomes ranged from 152,049 bp (L. subcostata) to 152,526 bp (L. speciosa) in length. We analyzed nucleotide substitutions, insertions/deletions, and simple sequence repeats in the cp genomes, and discovered 12 relatively highly variable regions that will potentially provide plastid markers for further taxonomic, phylogenetic, and population genetics studies in Lagerstroemia. The phylogenetic relationships of the Lagerstroemia taxa inferred from the datasets from the cp genomes obtained high support, indicating that cp genome data may be useful in resolving relationships in this genus. |
| Keyword | Lagerstroemia Chloroplast Genome Comparative Genomics Simple Repeat Sequence Sequence Divergence Plastid Marker Phylogeny |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/10305 |
| Collection | 园林园艺部 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Xu, Chao,....,He, Kaihong,et al. Comparative Analysis of Six Lagerstroemia Complete Chloroplast Genomes[J]. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE,2017,8(x):15. |
| APA | Xu, Chao,....,He, Kaihong,&et al.(2017).Comparative Analysis of Six Lagerstroemia Complete Chloroplast Genomes.FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE,8(x),15. |
| MLA | Xu, Chao,et al."Comparative Analysis of Six Lagerstroemia Complete Chloroplast Genomes".FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 8.x(2017):15. |
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