The Complete Plastomes of Five Hemiparasitic Plants (Osyris wightiana, Pyrularia edulis, Santalum album, Viscum liquidambaricolum, and V. ovalifolium): Comparative and Evolutionary Analyses Within Santalales

Most species of Santalales (the sandalwood order) are hemiparasites, including both facultative and obligate hemiparasites. Despite its rich diversity, only a small fraction of the species in the sandalwood order have sequenced plastomes. The evolution of parasitism–associated plastome reduction in...

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Main Authors: Xiaorong Guo, Changkun Liu, Guangfei Zhang, Wenhua Su, Jacob B. Landis, Xu Zhang, Hengchang Wang, Yunheng Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2020.00597/full