Comparing three complete mitochondrial genomes of the moss genus Orthotrichum Hedw

Beatriz Vigalondo; Yang Liu; Isabel Draper; Francisco Lara; Ricardo Garilleti; Vicente Mazimpaka; Bernard Goffinet

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1149784

Comparing three complete mitochondrial genomes of the moss genus Orthotrichum Hedw

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Mar 31;1(1):168-170. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1149784.

Authors

Beatriz Vigalondo¹, Yang Liu², Isabel Draper¹, Francisco Lara¹, Ricardo Garilleti³, Vicente Mazimpaka¹, Bernard Goffinet²

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Biología (Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
² Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
³ Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot, Spain.

Abstract

Here, we present a comparative analysis of the mitochondrial genome of three representatives of Orthotrichum Hedw (Bryophyta): two populations of O. diaphanum and one of the related species, namely O. macrocephalum. Their mitochondrial genomes share the same gene content and gene order, and are furthermore structurally identical to those of other arthrodontous mosses. The mitogenome of the allopatric samples of O. diaphanum differ in 0.1% of their sequence, with protein coding genes holding five mutations, including two non-synonymous changes. The divergence between the mitogenomes of the two species, O. diaphanum and O. macrocephalum, is 0.4%. Within a broader sampling of the Orthotrichaceae, patterns of genome divergence are consistent with phylogenetic relationships.

Keywords: Bryophytes; Orthotrichaceae; complete mitogenome.