RESEARCH ARTICLE Comparative analysis of complete plastid genomes from wild soybean (Glycine soja) and nine other Glycine species Sajjad Asaf1, Abdul Latif Khan2, Muhammad Aaqil Khan1, Qari Muhammad Imran1, Sang- Mo Kang1, Khdija Al-Hosni1, Eun Ju Jeong1, Ko Eun Lee1, In-Jung Lee1* 1 School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea, 2 Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants & Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman a1111111111 *
[email protected] a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 Abstract The plastid genomes of different plant species exhibit significant variation, thereby providing valuable markers for exploring evolutionary relationships and population genetics. Glycine soja (wild soybean) is recognized as the wild ancestor of cultivated soybean (G. max), repre- OPEN ACCESS senting a valuable genetic resource for soybean breeding programmes. In the present Citation: Asaf S, Khan AL, Aaqil Khan M, study, the complete plastid genome of G. soja was sequenced using Illumina paired-end Muhammad Imran Q, Kang S-M, Al-Hosni K, et al. sequencing and then compared it for the first time with previously reported plastid genome (2017) Comparative analysis of complete plastid genomes from wild soybean (Glycine soja) and sequences from nine other Glycine species. The G. soja plastid genome was 152,224 bp in nine other Glycine species. PLoS ONE 12(8): length and possessed a typical quadripartite structure, consisting of a pair of inverted e0182281. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. repeats (IRa/IRb; 25,574 bp) separated by small (178,963 bp) and large (83,181 bp) single- pone.0182281 copy regions, with a 51-kb inversion in the large single-copy region.