Abstract
Musaceae Juss., also called the bananas and plantains family contains essential food crops with critical economic value and nutritional and medicinal properties. In this study, complete chloroplast genomes of 55 species of Musaceae, including all three genera of Musa, Musella, and Ensete, were used to characterize single nucleotide polymorphisms. Also, nucleotide diversity among surveyed species was observed. The results showed regions of high genetic variability in the chloroplast genome and genes carrying multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms specific for species and genera, such as ycf1, ycf2, ndhF, matK, accD, infA, and petL. A biased nucleotide conversion toward G, C, and T suggests a trend in the evolution of the Musaceae chloroplast genomes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a close relationship between Ensete and Musella genera and confirmed the existence of two clades in the genus Musa. This study summarizes nucleotide diversity, focusing on single-nucleotide polymorphisms, which are helpful for further studies on population genetics and developing molecular markers in Musaceae.
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Claim · model-written summary
Musaceae chloroplast genomes contained highly variable regions.
- Outcome
- regions of high genetic variabilitye0
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e0“The results showed regions of high genetic variability in the chloroplast genome”
t0“Musaceae Juss.”
Claim · model-written summary
Several chloroplast genes carried multiple SNPs specific to Musaceae species and genera.
Verbatim
e0“genes carrying multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms specific for species and genera, such as ycf1, ycf2, ndhF, matK, accD, infA, and petL”
t0“Musaceae Juss.”
Claim · model-written summary
Musaceae chloroplast genomes showed biased nucleotide conversion toward G, C, and T.
- Outcome
- biased nucleotide conversion toward G, C, and Te0
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e0“A biased nucleotide conversion toward G, C, and T suggests a trend in the evolution of the Musaceae chloroplast genomes”
Claim · model-written summary
Phylogeny placed Ensete and Musella close together.
- Outcome
- close relationshipe0
Ensete
MusellaOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Phylogenetic analysis revealed a close relationship between Ensete and Musella genera”
Claim · model-written summary
Phylogeny supported two Musa clades.
- Outcome
- two cladese0
MusaOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“confirmed the existence of two clades in the genus Musa”