A Dynamic Tandem Repeat in Monocotyledons Inferred from a Comparative Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes in Melanthiaceae

Chloroplast genomes (cpDNA) are highly valuable resources for evolutionary studies of angiosperms, since they are highly conserved, are small in size, and play critical roles in plants. Slipped-strand mispairing (SSM) was assumed to be a mechanism for generating repeat units in cpDNA. However, resea...

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Main Authors: Hoang Dang Khoa Do, Joo-Hwan Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.00693/full