Silene latifolia is an herbaceous plant with great invasive potential. Spread along trade routes from Europe to almost all continents, white campion became particularly widespread in North America. We sequenced the chloroplast genome of S. latifolia subsp. alba from a native range in southeast Fennoscandia. The chloroplast genome of native S. latifolia subsp. alba forms a 151,747-bp circle, has two inverted repeat regions (25,993 bp each), large single copy (82,708 bp), and small single copy (17,106 bp) regions. It contains 77 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. SSRs and long DNA repeats were identified. Comparison of a newly sequenced plastome of S. latifolia subsp. alba with plastomes of invasive specimens of species from North America and Japan revealed a high level of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) among them. A total of 214 SNPs were found, among which 110 were identified in intergenic spacers, 74 in exons, and 30 in introns. Intraspecific shifts in inverted repeat boundaries were identified. Our research suggests that high polymorphic regions may be potential molecular markers for population studies and that high intraspecific genetic polymorphism may contribute to a species’ invasive success.

Translated title of the contributionХлоропластный геном нативной Silene latifolia subsp. alba из Фенноскандии показывает высокий уровень различий с равнении с инвазивными экземлярами вида
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)226-239
Number of pages14
JournalPlant Molecular Biology Reporter
Volume39
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2021

    Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science

    Research areas

  • Caryophyllaceae, Melandrium album, Molecular phylogeny, Repetitive DNA, SNPs, PLANT, NUCLEAR, SILENE-LATIFOLIA, MELANDRIUM, INTRASPECIES VARIATIONS, CARYOPHYLLACEAE, EVOLUTION, ALIGNMENT, SEQUENCE, DIVERSITY

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