The Aeridinae plastid genome

Below is a plastid gene map from a member of subtribe Aeridinae, Phalaenopsis aphrodite.  The three plastid targets are identified on this map.  You’ll notice that the names atpF and petB have asterisks next to them.  This designates coding sequences that contain introns.  For these targets, the majority of what was amplified is the intron region.  Remember that the typical plastid genome is divided into the large single copy region (LSC), two inverted repeats (IR) and a small single copy region (SSC).  Please note where your target, if it was one of these three, is located.  Click on the map image to enlarge.

Phalaenopsis aphrodite: photo by Allen Black, http://www.orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/phalformosana.jpg

Figure from Chang et al., 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Literature cited:

Chang, C-C, I-P Lin, T-Y Chow, H-H Chen, W-H Chen, C-H Cheng, S-M Liu, C-C Chang and S-M Chaw.  2006.  The Chloroplast Genome of Phalaenopsis aphrodite (Orchidaceae): Comparative Analysis of Evolutionary Rate with that of Grasses and Its Phylogenetic Implications. Mol Biol Evol 23(2): 279-291.

 

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