Inferring the evolutionary mechanism of the chloroplast genome size by comparing whole-chloroplast genome sequences in seed plants

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 1555 - 10
• Main Authors: Xiao-Ming, Zheng, Junrui, Wang, Li, Feng, Sha, Liu, Hongbo, Pang, Lan, Qi, Jing, Li, Yan, Sun, Weihua, Qiao, Lifang, Zhang, Yunlian, Cheng, Qingwen, Yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.05.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 45; 45/43; 631/181/2474; 631/181/735; Base Sequence; Chloroplasts; Comparative analysis; Data processing; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Genes; Genes, Chloroplast; Genome Size; Genome, Chloroplast; Genomes; Humanities and Social Sciences; Inverted repeat; multidisciplinary; Nucleotide sequence; Photosynthesis; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plants - genetics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seeds; Seeds - genetics; Species Specificity; Variation

The chloroplast genome originated from photosynthetic organisms and has retained the core genes that mainly encode components of photosynthesis. However, the causes of variations in chloroplast genome size in seed plants have only been thoroughly analyzed within small subsets of spermatophytes. In t...