The plastid genome of a narrowly distributed species Artocarpus petelotii (Moraceae)

Low-coverage, whole-genome sequencing of Artocarpus camansi (Moraceae) for phylogenetic marker development and gene discovery1

PREMISE OF THE STUDY We used moderately low-coverage (17×) whole-genome sequencing of Artocarpus camansi (Moraceae) to develop genomic resources for Artocarpus and Moraceae. METHODS AND RESULTS A de novo assembly of Illumina short reads (251,378,536 pairs, 2 × 100 bp) accounted for 93% of the predicted genome size. Predicted coding regions were used in a three-way orthology search with publis...

Chloroplast microsatellite markers for Artocarpus (Moraceae) developed from transcriptome sequences1

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Chloroplast microsatellite loci were characterized from transcriptomes of Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit) and A. camansi (breadnut). They were tested in A. odoratissimus (terap) and A. altilis and evaluated in silico for two congeners. METHODS AND RESULTS Fifteen simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were identified in chloroplast sequences from four Artocarpus transcriptome ass...

Allozyme variation of Cyclobalanopsis championii (Fagaceae), a narrowly distributed species in southern Taiwan.

Allozyme genetic variability in five natural populations of Cyclobalanopsis championii (Fagaceae) in Taiwan was investigated using 12 loci from 9 enzyme systems. The average values of parameters describing within-population variation, expected heterozygosity (He = 0.151), the percentage of polymorphic loci per individual (P = 50%), the average number of alleles per locus (A = 1.7), effective nu...

Taming the Plastid Genome

Taming the Plastid Genome