Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Pterodon emarginatus Vogel and Pterodon pubescens Benth: Comparative and Phylogenetic Analyses
Juliana Borges Pereira Brito, Adriana Maria Antunes, Ramilla dos Santos Braga Ferreira, Mariana Pires de Campos Telles, Cintia Pelegrineti Targueta, Thannya Nascimento Soares · 2023
Read Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Pterodon emarginatus Vogel and Pterodon pubescens Benth: Comparative and Phylogenetic Analyses by Juliana Borges Pereira Brito, Adriana Maria Antunes, Ramilla dos Santos Braga Ferreira, Mariana Pires de Campos Telles, Cintia Pelegrineti Targueta, Thannya Nascimento Soares (2023) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-10758126.txt.
Description
Juliana Borges Pereira Brito and co-authors read the full chloroplast genomes of two Brazilian trees in a 2023 study. The trees, known locally as white sucupira, grow in the Cerrado grasslands. They are close sister species with possible medical uses and value for replanting. Chloroplast DNA changes slowly, so it suits questions about kinship and diversity.
Both genomes came out at nearly the same length, just under one hundred sixty thousand DNA letters. Each holds one hundred twenty seven genes in the classic four part ring shape. The team counted about one hundred forty short repeated stretches in each genome. Comparing twenty one legume species showed where the DNA varies most. Family tree analysis placed the genus close to Dipteryx. The team also designed ten marker pairs for future diversity work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Juliana Borges Pereira Brito, Adriana Maria Antunes, Ramilla dos Santos Braga Ferreira, Mariana Pires de Campos Telles, Cintia Pelegrineti Targueta, Thannya Nascimento Soares |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |