The field of comparative plastid genomics has burgeoned during the past decade, largely
due to the availability of rapid, less expensive genome sequencing technologies. Currently …

Mitochondria and chloroplasts perform essential functions in respiration, ATP production,
and photosynthesis, and both organelles contain genomes that encode only some of the …

The article discusses a set of universal primers for mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA in
plants. The authors uses DNA from fresh leaves and buds for the creation of template that …

New World tetraploid cottons (Gossypium spp.) originated through hybridization of ancestral
diploid species that presently have allopatric ranges in Asia-Africa (the A genome) and the …

Background Cymbidium orchids, including some 50 species, are the famous flowers, and
they possess high commercial value in the floricultural industry. Furthermore, the values of …

The three decades since the discovery of chloroplast DNA (chNA; re—viewed in Kirk, 1986)
have been marked by an ever increasing depth and breadth in our understanding of the …

Chloroplast genomes supply indispensable information that helps improve the phylogenetic
resolution and even as organelle‐scale barcodes. Next‐generation sequencing …

The entire chloroplast genome of the monocot rice (Oryza sativa) has been sequenced and
comprises 134525 bp. Predicted genes have been identified along with open reading …

Background Various expansions or contractions of inverted repeats (IRs) in chloroplast
genomes led to fluxes in the IR-LSC (large single copy) junctions. Previous studies revealed …

The complete nucleotide sequence (119,707 bp) of the black pine (Pinus thunbergii)
chloroplast genome has been determined. It contains 4 rRNA genes and 32 tRNA genes. To …