Comparative chloroplast genomes of Paris Sect. Marmorata: insights into repeat regions and evolutionary implications

Abstract Background Species of Paris Sect. Marmorata are valuable medicinal plants to synthesize steroidal saponins with effective pharmacological therapy. However, the wild resources of the species are threatened by plundering exploitation before the molecular genetics studies uncover the genomes a...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyang Gao, Xuan Zhang, Honghu Meng, Jing Li, Di Zhang, Changning Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-5281-x