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To unravel the plastid genome diversity among the cultivated groups of the pigeonpea germplasm, we characterized the SNP occurrence and distribution of 142 pigeonpea mini-core collections based on their reference-based assembly of the chloroplast genome. A total of 8921 SNPs were found, which were again filtered and finally 3871 non-synonymous SNPs were detected and used for diversity estimates. These 3871 SNPs were classified into 12 groups and were present in only 44 of the 125 genes, demonstrating the presence of a precise mechanism for maintaining the whole chloroplast genome throughout evolution. The Acetyl-CoA carboxylase D gene possesses the maximum number of SNPs (12.29%), but the Adenosine Tri-Phosphate synthatase cluster genes (atpA, atpB, atpE, atpF, atpH, and atpI) altogether bear 43.34% of the SNPs making them most diverse. Various diversity estimates, such as the number of effective alleles (1.013), Watterson’s estimate (0.19), Tajima’s D ( – 3.15), Shannon’s information index (0.036), suggest the presence of less diversity in the cultivated gene pool of chloroplast genomes. The genetic relatedness estimates based on pairwise correlations were also in congruence with these diversity descriptors and indicate the prevalence of rare alleles in the accessions. Interestingly, no stratification was observed either through STRUCTURE, PCoA, or phylogenetic analysis, indicating the common origin of the chloroplast in all the accessions used, irrespective of their geographical distribution. Further 6194 Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequences (CAPS) markers for 531 SNPs were developed and validated in a selected set of germplasm. Based on these results, we inferred that all of the cultivated gene pools of pigeonpea have a common origin for the chloroplast genome and they possess less diversity in protein-coding regions, indicating a stable and evolved plastid genome. At the same time, all diversity analysis indicates the occurrence of rare alleles, suggesting the suitability of the mini-core collection in future pigeonpea improvement programs. In addition, the development of chloroplast genome-based CAPS markers would have utility in pigeonpea breeding programs.
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We acknowledge the support provided by the Director, ICAR-NIPB and PG School ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India. The research work carried out in this manuscript is a major part of KK’s Ph.D thesis and was funded majorly by ICAR-IARI (NAHEP-CAAST). KK also acknowledged the CSIR-UGC for the fellowship received during his Ph.D. The authors are grateful and acknowledge the support provided by the ICAR-IARI (NAHEP-CAAST) program.
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KK, SS and KG have designed the whole study. KK, PG, KNS and HS together performed the data analysis. KK and MSN conducted the CAPS marker development and validation experiments. KK, AM, SS, PKJ, KD, and KG interpreted the results obtained. KK, SS, AM, KD, KG and PKJ wrote the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
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Kumar, K., Gupta, P., Singh, K.N. et al. Whole chloroplast genome-specific non-synonymous SNPs reveal the presence of substantial diversity in the pigeonpea mini-core collection. 3 Biotech 13, 365 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-023-03785-8
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