The First Evidence of a Host-to-Parasite Mitochondrial Gene Transfer in Orobanchaceae

Abstract Several parasitic plants are known to have acquired mitochondrial genes via a horizontal transfer from their hosts. However, mitochondrial gene transfer in this direction has not yet been found in the parasite-rich family Orobanchaceae. Based on a phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial atp6 gene in selected species of Orobanche s.l., we provide evidence of a host-to-parasite transfer of this gene in O. coerulescens, which is a Eurasiatic species that parasitises Artemisia (Asteraceae). We did not find the original Orobanche atp6 gene in this species, which suggests that it has been replaced by a gene that was acquired from Asteraceae. In addition, our data suggest the occurrence of a second HGT event in the atp6 sequence – from Asteraceae to Phelipanche. Our results support the view that the transfer of genetic material from hosts to parasites influences the mitochondrial genome evolution in the latter..

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2017

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2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

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Acta biologica Cracoviensia / Series botanica - 59(2017), 1 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 13-22

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Kwolek, Dagmara [VerfasserIn]
Denysenko-Bennett, Magdalena [VerfasserIn]
Góralski, Grzegorz [VerfasserIn]
Cygan, Magdalena [VerfasserIn]
Mizia, Patryk [VerfasserIn]
Piwowarczyk, Renata [VerfasserIn]
Szklarczyk, Marek [VerfasserIn]
Joachimiak, Andrzej J. [VerfasserIn]

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© 2017 Polish Academy of Sciences & Jagiellonian University

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10.1515/abcsb-2016-0021

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OLC2138348369