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Highly variable chloroplast genome from two endangered Papaveraceae lithophytes Corydalis tomentella and C. saxicola
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  • Fengming Ren,
  • Liqiang Wang,
  • Ying Li,
  • wei zhuo,
  • Zhichao Xu,
  • Haojie Guo,
  • Yan Liu,
  • Ranran Gao,
  • Jingyuan Song
Fengming Ren
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Institute of Medicinal Plant Development

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Liqiang Wang
Heze University
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Ying Li
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
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wei zhuo
Chongqing Institute of Medicinal Plant Cultivation
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Zhichao Xu
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
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Haojie Guo
Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education
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Yan Liu
Chongqing Institute of Medicinal Plant Cultivation,
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Ranran Gao
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
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Jingyuan Song
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
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Abstract

The increasingly wide application of chloroplast(cp) genome super-barcode in taxonomy and the recent breakthrough in cp genetic engineering make the development of new cp gene resources urgent and significant. Corydalis is recognized as the most genotypes complicated and taxonomically challenging plant taxa in Papaveraceae. However, no complete cp genome for this genus has been reported to date. In this study, we sequenced four complete cp genomes of two endangered lithophytes Corydalis saxicola and C. tomentellav in Corydalis, conducted a comparative genomics study on them, and a highly variable cp genome structure was found. The cp genomes have a large genome size of 189,029 to 190,247 bp, possessing a quadripartite structure and with two highly expanded inverted repeat (IR) regions (length: 41,955 to 42,350 bp). Comparison between the cp genomes of C. tomentella, C. saxicola and Papaveraceae species, five NADH dehydrogenase-like genes (ndhF, ndhD, ndhL, ndhG, ndhE) with psaC, rpl32, ccsA and trnL-UAG normally located in the SSC region have migrated to IRs, resulting in IR expansion and gene duplication. An up to 9 kb inversion involving five genes (rpl23, ycf2, ycf15, trnI-CAU and trnL-CAA) was found within IR regions. The accD gene was found to be absent and the ycf1 gene has shifted from the IR/SSC border to the SSC region as a single copy. Phylogenetic analysis based on the sequences of common CDS showed that the genus Corydalis is quite distantly related to the other genera of Papaveraceae, it provided a new clue for recent advocacy to establish a separate Fumariaceae family. Our results revealed one special cp genome structure in Papaveraceae, provided a useful resources for classification of the genus Corydalis, and will be valuable for understanding Papaveraceae evolutionary relationships.
29 Jun 2020Submitted to Ecology and Evolution
30 Jun 2020Submission Checks Completed
30 Jun 2020Assigned to Editor
01 Jul 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
29 Jul 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
03 Aug 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
12 Oct 20201st Revision Received
13 Oct 2020Submission Checks Completed
13 Oct 2020Assigned to Editor
13 Oct 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
15 Oct 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
10 Nov 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
16 Jan 20212nd Revision Received
18 Jan 2021Submission Checks Completed
18 Jan 2021Assigned to Editor
18 Jan 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
21 Jan 2021Editorial Decision: Accept
May 2021Published in Ecology and Evolution volume 11 issue 9 on pages 4158-4171. 10.1002/ece3.7312