Table 1.
Overview of physical properties of plastid chromosomes in non-parasitic and parasitic plants (Phtheirospermum and Pedicularis)
| Genome size | LSC | IR | SSC | Gene content | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | (bp GC%) | (bp GC%) | (bp GC%)a | (bp GC%) | (CDSa/tRNAa/rRNAa) | Pseudogenes/lossb |
| Pedicularis sect. Cyathophora | ||||||
| Series Cyathophyllae | ||||||
| P. cyathophylla 1 | 154,426 (38.3) | 82,962 (36.6) | 33,821 (40.7) | 3,822 (33.9) | 69/4/30 | ndhA2,D2,E3,F2,G3,H1,I3,J1,K1; accD1; ccsA1 |
| P. cyathophylla 2 | 154,412 (38.3) | 82,972 (36.6) | 33,861 (40.7) | 3,718 (33.6) | 69/4/30 | ndhA2,D2,E3,F2,G3,H1,I3,J1,K1; accD1; ccsA1 |
| Series Cyathophylloides | ||||||
| P. cyathophylloides 1 | 154,238 (38.3) | 82,342 (36.6) | 33,833 (40.7) | 4,230 (34.3) | 70/4/30 | ndhA2,D1,E3,F2,G3,H1,I3,J2,K2; accD1 |
| P. cyathophylloides 2 | 154,238 (38.3) | 83,342 (36.6) | 33,833 (40.7) | 4,230 (34.3) | 70/4/30 | ndhA2,D1,E3,F2,G3,H1,I3,J1,K1; accD2 |
| Series Reges | ||||||
| P. rex var. rex | 153,415 (38.3) | 82,950 (36.6) | 31,421 (41.1) | 7,623 (34.2) | 70/4/30 | ndhA2,D1,E1,F2,G2,H1,I3,J1; accD1; ccsA1 |
| P. rex var. purpurea | 153,512 (38.3) | 82,999 (36.6) | 31,819 (41.1) | 6,875 (34.0) | 70/4/30 | ndhA2,D1,E1,F2,G2,H1,I3,J1; accD1; ccsA1 |
| P. rex var. rockii | 156,819 (38.2) | 82,920 (36.6) | 33,957 (40.6) | 5,985 (33.8) | 71/4/30 | ndhA2,D1,E1,F2, H1,I1,J1; accD1; ccsA1 |
| P. aff. thamnophila | 153,446 (38.3) | 82,999 (36.6) | 31,416 (41.1) | 7,615 (34.2) | 71/4/30 | ndhA3,D1,E1,F2,H2,I3,J1; accD1; ccsA1 |
| P. thamnophila | 153,612 (38.3) | 82,972 (36.6) | 31,411 (41.1) | 7,818 (34.3) | 71/4/30 | ndhA3,D1,E1,F2,H2,I3,J1; accD1; ccsA1 |
| Series Superbae | ||||||
| P. connata | 153,908 (38.4) | 82,533 (36.6) | 33,800 (40.7) | 3,775 (33.9) | 69/4/30 | ndhA2,D2,E3,F2,G3,H1,I3,J1,K1; accD1; ccsA1 |
| P. superba 1 | 157,028 (38.2) | 83,056 (36.6) | 33,148 (40.9) | 7,676 (33.2) | 69/4/30 | ndhA1,D1,E1,F2,G1,H1,I1,J1,K1; accD1; ccsA1 |
| P. superba 2 | 156,942 (38.2) | 83,061 (36.6) | 33,079 (40.9) | 7,723 (33.2) | 70/4/30 | ndhA1,D1,E1,F2,G1,H1,I1,J1, K1; accD1 |
| P. superba 3 | 156,947 (38.2) | 83,065 (36.6) | 33,148 (40.9) | 7,586 (33.4) | 70/4/30 | ndhA1,D1,E1,F2,G1,H1,I1,J1, K1; accD1 |
| Others Pedicularis | ||||||
| P. przewalskii | 146,480 (38.5) | 82,246 (36.6) | 24,759 (43.5) | 14,716 (32.8) | 69/4/30 | ndhA2,B1,C2,D1,F3,G2,H1,I1,K2; accD1; ccsA1 |
| P. insignis | 147,267 (38.6) | 82,213 (36.7) | 24,936 (43.5) | 15,181 (32.7) | 67/4/30 | ndhA2,B1,C1,D2,E1,F2,G1,H1,I1,J1,K1; accD2; ccsA2 |
| P. lyrata | 148,379 (38.4) | 82,471 (36.6) | 26,227 (43.0) | 13,456 (31.9) | 71/4/30 | ndhA1,D2,E1,F2,G1,H1,I1; accD2; ccsA1 |
| P. tongolensis | 151,850 (38.3) | 83,240 (36.4) | 25,729 (43.3) | 17,251 (32.5) | 79/4/30 | ccsA1 |
| P. kangdingensis | 151,577 (38.3) | 82,805 (36.4) | 25,743 (43.3) | 17,286 (32.4) | 79/4/30 | ccsA1 |
| Outgroup | ||||||
| Phtheirospermum japonicum | 153,372 (38.3) | 84,478 (36.4) | 25,608 (43.4) | 17,678 (32.3) | 80/4/30 | |
| Lindenbergia muraria | 154,122 (37.7) | 85,029 (35.7) | 25,832 (43.2) | 17,429 (31.5) | 80/4/30 | |
| Paulownia tomentosa | 154,798 (38.0) | 85,438 (36.0) | 25,814 (43.2) | 17,732 (32.4) | 80/4/30 | |
| Rehmannia glutinosa | 153,777 (37.9) | 84,669 (36.0) | 25,759 (43.1) | 17,590 (32.2) | 80/4/30 | |
a
Number of unique genes.
b
States of pseudogenes or complete loss: 1, full sequence with premature stop codon; 2, truncated gene; 3, complete loss.