The complete chloroplast genome of Artocarpus altilis (Moraceae) and phylogenetic relationships

Ueric José Borges de Souza; Raíssa Nunes Dos Santos; Renisson Neponuceno de Araújo Filho; Gil Rodrigues Dos Santos; Renato Almeida Sarmento; Fabien De Bellis; Fabrício Souza Campos

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1945504

The complete chloroplast genome of Artocarpus altilis (Moraceae) and phylogenetic relationships

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jul 14;6(8):2291-2293. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1945504. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Ueric José Borges de Souza¹, Raíssa Nunes Dos Santos¹, Renisson Neponuceno de Araújo Filho², Gil Rodrigues Dos Santos³, Renato Almeida Sarmento^{2

4}, Fabien De Bellis^{5

6}, Fabrício Souza Campos¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Bioinformatics & Biotechnology, Federal University of Tocantins, Gurupi, Brazil.
² Department of Forestry Engineering, Federal University of Tocantins, Gurupi, Brazil.
³ Laboratory of Phytopathology, Federal University of Tocantins, Gurupi, Brazil.
⁴ Post-Graduate Program in Plant Production, Federal University of Tocantins, Gurupi, Brazil.
⁵ CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institute, Montpellier, France.
⁶ UMR AGAP Institute, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, L'Institut Agro, Montpellier, France.

Abstract

The chloroplast (cp) is an essential organelle in higher plants. The genes of the plastome are well suited to infer phylogenetic relationships among taxa. In this study, we report the assembly of the cp genome of Artocarpus altilis and its phylogeny among species from Moraceae family. The cp genome of A. altilis was 160,822 base pair (bp) in length, comprising one large single-copy region of 88,692 bp, one small single-copy region of 19,290 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs) of 26,420 bp. A total of 113 different genes were predicted, including 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis of 19 species belonging to the Moraceae family confirmed the phylogenetic proximity of the genus Artocarpus and Morus and the genetic similarity of A. camansi and A. altilis.

Keywords: Plastid genome; phylogenetic relationships; plastome.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Federal University of Tocantins and by the corresponding author’s own resources. U.J.B.S and R.N.S. are CNPq DTI scholarships. This research received no external funding. We also would like to thank the Doctoral Program in Biodiversity and Biotechnology – BIONORTE Network (PPG-BIONORTE) - CAPES / AUXPE Process – PROAP 0889/2018.