scholarly journals Phylogenomic and Comparative Analyses of Complete Plastomes of Croomia and Stemona (Stemonaceae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 2383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qixiang Lu ◽  
Wenqing Ye ◽  
Ruisen Lu ◽  
Wuqin Xu ◽  
Yingxiong Qiu

The monocot genus Croomia (Stemonaceae) comprises three herbaceous perennial species that exhibit EA (Eastern Asian)–ENA (Eastern North American) disjunct distribution. However, due to the lack of effective genomic resources, its evolutionary history is still weakly resolved. In the present study, we conducted comparative analysis of the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of three Croomia species and two Stemona species. These five cp genomes proved highly similar in overall size (154,407–155,261 bp), structure, gene order and content. All five cp genomes contained the same 114 unique genes consisting of 80 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes and 4 rRNA genes. Gene content, gene order, AT content and IR/SC boundary structures were almost the same among the five Stemonaceae cp genomes, except that the Stemona cp genome was found to contain an inversion in cemA and petA. The lengths of five genomes varied due to contraction/expansion of the IR/SC borders. A/T mononucleotides were the richest Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs). A total of 46, 48, 47, 61 and 60 repeats were identified in C. japonica, C. heterosepala, C. pauciflora, S. japonica and S. mairei, respectively. A comparison of pairwise sequence divergence values across all introns and intergenic spacers revealed that the ndhF–rpl32, psbM–trnD and trnS–trnG regions are the fastest-evolving regions. These regions are therefore likely to be the best choices for molecular evolutionary and systematic studies at low taxonomic levels in Stemonaceae. Phylogenetic analyses of the complete cp genomes and 78 protein-coding genes strongly supported the monophyly of Croomia. Two Asian species were identified as sisters that likely diverged in the Early Pleistocene (1.62 Mya, 95% HPD: 1.125–2.251 Mya), whereas the divergence of C. pauciflora dated back to the Late Miocene (4.77 Mya, 95% HPD: 3.626–6.162 Mya). The availability of these cp genomes will provide valuable genetic resources for further population genetics and phylogeographic studies on Croomia.

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongmin Li ◽  
Huabin Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyou Wu ◽  
Hui Xue ◽  
Peng Yan ◽  
...  

We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Odorrana schmackeri (family Ranidae). The O. schmackeri mitogenome (18 302 bp) contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 21 tRNA genes and a single control region (CR). In the new mitogenome, the distinctive feature is the loss of tRNA-His, which could be explained by a hypothesis of gene substitution. The new sequence data was used to assess the phylogenetic relationships among 23 ranid species mostly from China using maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI). The phylogenetic analyses support two families (Ranidae, Dicroglossidae) for Chinese ranids. In Ranidae, we support the genus Amolops should be retained in the subfamily Raninae rather than in a distinct subfamily Amolopinae of its own. Meanwhile, the monophyly of the genus Odorrana was supported. Within Dicroglossidae, four tribes were well supported including Occidozygini, Dicroglossini, Limnonectini and Paini. More mitochondrial genomes and nuclear genes are required to decisively evaluate phylogenetic relationships of ranids.


2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna J. MacDonald ◽  
Theresa Knopp ◽  
Mitzy Pepper ◽  
J. Scott Keogh ◽  
Stephen D. Sarre

The Pygopodidae comprise an enigmatic group of legless lizards endemic to the Australo-Papuan region. Here we present the first complete mitochondrial genome for a member of this family, Aprasia parapulchella, from Australia. The mitochondrial genome of A. parapulchella is 16 528 base pairs long and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes and the control region, conforming to the typical vertebrate gene order. The overall mitochondrial nucleotide composition is 31.7% A, 24.5% T, 30.5% C and 13.2% G. This corresponds to a total A+T content of 56.3%, which is similar to that of other squamate lizard genomes.


Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 769
Author(s):  
Pattayampadam Ramakrishnan Shidhi ◽  
Vadakkemukadiyil Chellappan Biju ◽  
Sasi Anu ◽  
Chandrasekharan Laila Vipin ◽  
Kumar Raveendran Deelip ◽  
...  

Mitogenome sequencing provides an understanding of the evolutionary mechanism of mitogenome formation, mechanisms driving plant gene order, genome structure, and migration sequences. Data on the mitochondrial genome for family Convolvulaceae members is lacking. E. alsinoides, also known as shankhpushpi, is an important medicinal plant under the family Convolvulaceae, widely used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine. We identified the mitogenome of E. alsinoides using the Illumina mate-pair sequencing platform, and annotated using bioinformatics approaches in the present study. The mitogenome of E. alsinoides was 344184 bp in length and comprised 46 unique coding genes, including 31 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 12 tRNA genes, and 3 rRNA genes. The secondary structure of tRNAs shows that all the tRNAs can be folded into canonical clover-leaf secondary structures, except three trnW, trnG, and trnC. Measurement of the skewness of the nucleotide composition showed that the AT and GC skew is positive, indicating higher A’s and G’s in the mitogenome of E. alsinoides. The Ka/Ks ratios of 11 protein-coding genes (atp1, ccmC, cob, cox1, rps19, rps12, nad3, nad9, atp9, rpl5, nad4L) were <1, indicating that these genes were under purifying selection. Synteny and gene order analysis were performed to identify homologous genes among the related species. Synteny blocks representing nine genes (nad9, nad2, ccmFc, nad1, nad4, nad5, matR, cox1, nad7) were observed in all the species of Solanales. Gene order comparison showed that a high level of gene rearrangement has occurred among all the species of Solanales. The mitogenome data obtained in the present study could be used as the Convolvulaceae family representative for future studies, as there is no complex taxonomic history associated with this plant.


ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 754 ◽  
pp. 127-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Li ◽  
Rui-Rui Lin ◽  
Yao-Yao Zhang ◽  
Kun-Jie Hu ◽  
Ya-Qi Zhao ◽  
...  

In the present study, the complete mitogenome of Theretrajaponica was sequenced and compared with other sequenced mitogenomes of Sphingidae species. The mitogenome of T.japonica, containing 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes) and a region rich in adenine and thymine (AT-rich region), is a circular molecule with 15,399 base pairs (bp) in length. The order and orientation of the genes in the mitogenome are similar to those of other sequenced mitogenomes of Sphingidae species. All 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) are initiated by ATN codons except for the cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1 gene (cox1) which is initiated by the codon CGA as observed in other lepidopteran insects. Cytochrome C oxidase subunit 2 gene (cox2) has the incomplete termination codon T and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 gene (nad1) terminates with TAG while the remainder terminates with TAA. Additionally, the codon distributions of the 13 PCGs revealed that Ile and Leu2 are the most frequently used codon families and codons CGG, CGC, CCG, CAG, and AGG are absent. The 431 bp AT-rich region includes the motif ATAGA followed by a 23 bp poly-T stretch, short tandem repeats (STRs) of TC and TA, two copies of a 28 bp repeat ‘ATTAAATTAATAAATTAA TATATTAATA’ and a poly-A element. Phylogenetic analyses within Sphingidae confirmed that T.japonica belongs to the Macroglossinae and showed that the phylogenetic relationship of T.japonica is closer to Ampelophagarubiginosa than Daphnisnerii. Phylogenetic analyses within Theretra demonstrate that T.japonica, T.jugurtha, T.suffusa, and T.capensis are clustered into one clade.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4651 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-190
Author(s):  
UĞUR KARŞI ◽  
BATTAL ÇIPLAK

Development of next generation sequencing rapidly increased the number of total mitogenome in data bases. However, the documented number of total mitogenome from species of Tettigoniinae is still limited and a comparison at subfamily level has not been made sufficiently. This paper aims to describe total mitogenome of A. babadaghi (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) by comparing to the known mitogenomes of other Tettigoniinae. The total mitogenome of A. babadaghi is 15882–15883 bp, AT skewed with 70.2% AT percentage, and consists of 13 protein coding genes (PCG), 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes and an AT rich control region. The genes are ordered as in pancrustacean. The comparative description of mitogenomes in Tettigoniinae showed that total length varies between 15766-16788 bp, the start codon for protein coding genes almost always fits to the ATN pattern, the stop codons are incomplete T-- / TA- and rarely complete TAA, intergenic spacers (IGS) and overlapping regions (OR) in species of the subfamily are similar in number, location, length and nucleotide sequence. We arrived to following conclusion from comparative data: (i) A. babadaghi has a typical orthopteran mitogenome by general features; (ii) this generalisation seems valid for Tettigoniinae as gene content, gene location, gene order, average AT content, anticodons and secondary structure of the tRNA genes, the start and stop codons of the protein coding genes, and several IGSs/ORs are similar to other orthopteran and hexapopods, (iii) variation range in total mitogenome length is narrow in Tettigoniinae and mainly determined by the lengths of control region and total IGSs, (iv) mitogenome of the subfamily exhibits conserved patterns especially in overlapping regions, but conserved features are mostly plesiomorphic. 


PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e6386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Zong ◽  
Anpei Zhou ◽  
Yao Zhang ◽  
Xinlian Zou ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
...  

Species of the genus Populus, which is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere from subtropical to boreal forests, are among the most commercially exploited groups of forest trees. In this study, the complete chloroplast genomes of five Populus species (Populus cathayana, P. kangdingensis, P. pseudoglauca, P. schneideri, and P. xiangchengensis) were compared. The chloroplast genomes of the five Populus species are very similar. The total chloroplast genome sequence lengths for the five plastomes were 156,789, 156,523, 156,512, 156,513, and 156,465 bp, respectively. A total of 130 genes were identified in each genome, including 85 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes and eight rRNA genes. Seven genes were duplicated in the protein-coding genes, whereas 11 genes were duplicated in the RNA genes. The GC content was 36.7% for all plastomes. We analyzed nucleotide substitutions, small inversions, simple sequence repeats and long repeats in the chloroplast genomes and found nine divergence hotspots (ccsA+ccsA-ndhD, ndhC-trnV, psbZ-trnfM, trnG-atpA, trnL-ndhJ, trnR-trnN, ycf4-cemA, ycf1, and trnR-trnN), which could be useful molecular genetic markers for future population genetic and phylogenetic studies. We also observed that two genes (rpoC2 and rbcL) were subject to positive selection. Phylogenetic analysis based on whole cp genomes showed that P. schneideri had a close relationship with P. kangdingensis and P. pseudoglauca, while P. xiangchengensis was a sister to P. cathayana.


2017 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.L. Shi ◽  
Y.Q. Fu ◽  
A.Y. Abdullahi ◽  
M.W. Wang ◽  
F. Yang ◽  
...  

AbstractAncylostoma tubaeformemay infect canids, felids and humans, and pose a potential risk to public health. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques were used to amplify the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome sequence ofA. tubaeformefrom cats and to analyse its sequence characteristics after molecular identification based on the internal transcribed spacer ITS1+ sequence. The results show that the complete mt genome sequence (GenBank accession number KY070315) ofA. tubaeformefrom cats was 13,730 bp in length, including 12 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, two non-coding regions and an AT-rich region. The nucleotide content of A and T was 77.93%, biased toward A and T. Twelve protein-coding genes used ATT, TTG and GTG as initiation codons, and TAA, TAG, TA and T as termination codons. The length of the 22 tRNA genes ranged from 52 to 62 bp, their predicted secondary structures were D loops and V loops. The lengths of the two rRNAs were 958 and 697 bp. Phylogenetic analyses showed thatA. tubaeformefrom cats was in the lineage ofAncylostoma, having a close phylogenetic relationship withA. caninum. This study reports for the first time the mt genome ofA. tubaeformefrom cats in China, which could enhance the mt genome database of Ancylostomatidae nematodes, and it offers the scientific basis for further studies in the genetic diversity of hookworms among different hosts.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiequn Yi ◽  
Han Wu ◽  
Jianbai Liu ◽  
Jihu Li ◽  
Yinglin Lu ◽  
...  

Abstract The genus Anastatus comprises a large group of parasitoids, including several biological control agents in agricultural and forest systems. The taxonomy and phylogeny of these species remain controversial. In this study, the mitogenome of A. fulloi Sheng and Wang was sequenced and characterized. The nearly full-length mitogenome of A. fulloi was 15,692 bp, compromising 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes and a control region (CR). The total A + T contents were 83.83%, 82.18%, 87.58%, 87.27%, and 82.13% in the whole mitogenome, 13 PCGs, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and CR, respectively. The mitogenome presented negative AT skews and positive GC skews, except for the CR. Most PCGs were encoded on the majority strand, started with ATN codons, and ended with TAA codons. Among the 3736 amino acid-encoding codons, TTA (Leu1), CGA (Arg), TCA (Ser2), and TCT (Ser2) were predominant. Most tRNAs had cloverleaf secondary structures, except trnS1, with the absence of a dihydrouridine (DHU) arm. Compared with mitogenomes of the ancestral insect and another parasitoid within Eupelmidae, large-scale rearrangements were found in the mitogenome of A. fulloi, especially inversions and inverse transpositions of tRNA genes. The gene arrangements of parasitoid mitogenomes within Chalcidoidea were variable. A novel gene arrangement was presented in the mitogenome of A. fulloi. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 13 protein-coding genes of 20 parasitoids indicated that the phylogenetic relationship of 6 superfamilies could be presented as Mymaridae + (Eupelmidae + (Encyrtidae + (Trichogrammatidae + (Pteromalidae + Eulophidae)))). This study presents the first complete mitogenome of the Anastatus genus and offers insights into the identification, taxonomy, and phylogeny of these parasitoids.


Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1971 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHI-LI TSAI ◽  
YII-CHENG CHOU ◽  
CHIH-CHIN SHIH ◽  
HSI-CHI CHENG ◽  
CHIEH-CHUNG YANG ◽  
...  

A complete mitochondrial genome of the Formosan black bear (Ursus thibetanus formosanus) was obtained by PCR amplification and DNA sequencing. The genome spans 17,044 bp that includes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes. The base composition of the heavy strain is 31.0% A, 25.6% C, 15.7% G, and 27.7% T. The control region (CR) is located between tRNA-Pro and tRNA-Phe, consists of 1,595 bp, and comprises 9.4% of the whole genome. The DNA sequence shares 98.7%, 96.3%, 91.0%, 91.8%, and 91.7% similarity with those of U. t. thibetanus, U. t. mupinensis, U. americanus, U. arctos, and U. maritimus respectively. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that the Formosan black bear is more closely related to U. t. thibetanus than to U. t. mupinensis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth T. Little ◽  
Muhammad Ehsaan ◽  
Christian Arenas-López ◽  
Kamran Jawed ◽  
Klaus Winzer ◽  
...  

The hydrogen-utilizing strain Cupriavidus necator H16 (DSM 428) was sequenced using a combination of PacBio and Illumina sequencing. Annotation of this strain reveals 6,543 protein-coding genes, 263 pseudogenes, 64 tRNA genes, and 15 rRNA genes.


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