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From: Frequent chloroplast RNA editing in early-branching flowering plants: pilot studies on angiosperm-wide coexistence of editing sites and their nuclear specificity factors

Fig. 4

Cladogram of 65 selected angiosperms for which reliable protein model and/or genome data are available, based on current insights on angiosperm phylogeny with orders indicated. No chloroplast genome data are currently available for taxa marked with an asterisk and for Cajanus cajan (pigeon pea). The ndhB and ndhD genes of the latter have been analyzed individually in this study, however. Chloroplast editing sites ndhBeU467PL and ndhDeU878SL and their cognate specificity co-factor CRR28 are widely distributed among angiosperms except cases where labels are attached. Editing event ndhDeU878SL has been lost independently (filled squares) in Eucalyptus, Fragaria, Cicer, Nicotiana and in the palms (Arecales). Editing event ndhBeU467PL has been lost independently (filled circles) in Linum and in a subclade of Fabales including chickpea (Cicer arietinum). CRR28 homologues are identified in all taxa (Additional file 3) except in chickpea where both editing sites are absent

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