The expansion of SSC regions in the chloroplast genomes of semi-heterotrophic plants in the Orobanchaceae family and mycoheterotrophic orchids in the Vanilloideae subfamily is highly significant because it may indicate the evolution of key genes for energy metabolism in non-photosynthetic plants.
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Evolutionary differences in gene loss and pseudogenization among mycoheterotrophic orchids in the tribe Vanilleae (subfamily Vanilloideae).
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