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Exploring the limits for reduction of plastid genomes: a case study of the mycoheterotrophic orchids Epipogium aphyllum and Epipogium roseum.
Genome biology and evolution - 28 Jan 2015
Schelkunov Mikhail I, Shtratnikova Viktoria Yu, Nuraliev Maxim S, Selosse Marc-Andre, Penin Aleksey A, Logacheva Maria D
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The question on the patterns and limits of reduction of plastid genomes in nonphotosynthetic plants and the reasons of their conservation is one of the intriguing topics in plant genome evolution. Here, we report sequencing and analysis of plastid genome in nonphotosynthetic orchids Epipogium aph...
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