Generation and evolutionary fate of insertions of organelle DNA in the nuclear genomes of flowering plants

Table 1.

Size, location, and composition of large nuclear insertions of organelle DNA in Arabidopsis and rice


Integrant

Size (bp)

Pseudo-chromosomal location

Type and number of distinct fragments contained
Long continuous integrants
Formula 130,669 10,286,223-10,416,891 1 NUPT
Formula 32,974 19,948,780-19,981,753 2 NUPTs
Formula 6280 20,216,340-20,222,619 1 NUPT
Formula 5137 18,622,839-18,627,975 1 NUPT
Complex integrants containing organelle DNA from one organelle
Formula 120,625 8,902,464-9,023,088 19 NUPTs
Formula 23,869 23,134,492-23,158,360 13 NUPTs
Formula 270,815 3,238,037-3,508,851 16 NUMTs
Formula 26,730 32,368,959-32,395,688 5 NUMTs
Complex integrants with both types of organelle DNA
Formula 91,974 33,276,310-33,368,283 36 NUPTs; 11 NUMTs
Formula 18,463 38,837,181-38,855,643 8 NUPTs; 87 NUMTs; 1 ambiguous fragment
Formula 12,393 18,487,740-18,500,132 2 NUPTs; 27 NUMTs
Formula 6304 34,148,238-34,154,541 3 NUPTs; 81 NUMTs
Formula 2959 7,678,963-7,681,921 2 NUPTs; 29 NUMTs
Total
749,192

88 NUPTs, 256 NUMTs, 1 ambiguous fragment
  • (NUPT) Nuclear plastid DNA; (NUMT) nuclear mitochondrial DNA.

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