Comparative chloroplast genome analysis of Artemisia (Asteraceae) in East Asia: insights into evolutionary divergence and phylogenomic implications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Artemisia in East Asia includes a number of economically important taxa that are widely used for food, medicinal, and ornamental purposes. The identification of taxa, however, has been hampered by insufficient diagnostic morphological characteristics and frequent natural hybridization. Development of novel DNA markers or barcodes with sufficient resolution to resolve taxonomic issues of Artemisia in East Asia is significant challenge.

Results

To establish a molecular basis for taxonomic identification and comparative phylogenomic analysis of Artemisia, we newly determined 19 chloroplast genome (plastome) sequences of 18 Artemisia taxa in East Asia, de novo-assembled and annotated the plastomes of two taxa using publicly available Illumina reads, and compared them

SUBMITTER: Kim GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310033 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature