Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Holoparasite Cistanche deserticola (Orobanchaceae) Reveals Gene Loss and Horizontal Gene Transfer from Its Host Haloxylon ammodendron (Chenopodiaceae).
【作者】Li, Xi，Zhang, Ti-Cao，Qiao, Qin，Ren, Zhumei，Zhao, Jiayuan，Yonezawa, Takahiro，Hasegawa, Masami，Crabbe, M. James C，Li, Jianqiang，Zhong, Yang
【DOI】10.1371/journal.pone.0058747
【作者单位】1 1 Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2 2 College of Life Science and Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China 3 3 Faculty of Creative Arts, Technologies and Science, Institute of Biomedical, Environmental Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, United Kingdom 4 4 Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China 5 5 Institute of Biodiversity Science and Geobiology, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
【摘要】 Background: The central function of chloroplasts is to carry out photosynthesis, and its gene content and structure are highly conserved across land plants. Parasitic plants, which have reduced photosynthetic ability, suffer gene losses from the chlo...
