1. Analysis of the complete organellar genomes of the rockweed Fucus spiralis (Fucaceae, Phaeophyceae) supports its infraspecific recognition as Fucus vesiculosus var. spiralis
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Jeffery R. Hughey, María del Carmen Bueso Sánchez, Jorge Rua, Alyssa Sanchez, Daniel Soto, Bibiana Arellano, Bethany Corral, Eli R. Kallison, Daniela Sanchez, Isaac Diaz, Karla Santos, Juan Carlos Rozo Anaya, Janette Garcia, Alicia Steinhardt, David M. Ramirez, Megan Hertzog, Maria F. Ramirez, Adrian Zamora, Rene Martinez, Adriana Carrillo, Rosaura Sierra, Jennifer Martinez, Jesus Tavarez, Alejandra Alvarez, Frances L. Wong, Marie Pacheco, Rafael Medina López, Christian Godoy, Melina DaSilva, Victor Gonzalez, Carlos Donate, Franca Rossi, Michael C. Capurro, Rolando T. Valdez, Rudy Vargas, Nicholas Horton, Kianna Mendez, Isabella Fusco, Brian Garcia, Jennifer M. Rios, Mark Tupas, Christian Vargas, Isaiah R. Chacon, Austin Bartlebaugh, Giselle Del Valle, Alexis Diaz, and Lizbeth Cordova
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0301 basic medicine ,Systematics ,mitogenome ,biology ,Fucus vesiculosus ,Intertidal zone ,biology.organism_classification ,Fucaceae ,Fucus spiralis ,Genome ,California ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Algae ,Fucus vesiculosus var. spiralis ,Botany ,plastid genome ,Genetics ,Molecular Biology ,Mitogenome Announcement ,Research Article - Abstract
Fucus spiralis L. is a broadly distributed monoecious intertidal seaweed. The specific status of F. spiralis however is debatable. Here, we contribute to the bioinformatics and systematics of F. spiralis by analysing the complete mitochondrial and plastid genomes of a specimen from California, U.S.A. The F. spiralis mitogenome is 36,396 base pairs (bp) in length and contains 67 genes, and the plastid genome is 125,066 bp in length and contains 171 genes. The F. spiralis genomes are 99.7% and 99.8% similar in nucleotide sequence to F. vesiculosus, and support the revised classification of F. spiralis to Fucus vesiculosus var. spiralis.
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- 2018
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