Table 2

Minimum rearrangements via inversions in pairwise comparisons of seven chloroplast genomes

comparison species

large inversion*

one gene inversion**

loss of a large IR

total inversion

C. japonica vs P. thunbergii

11

4

-

15

C. japonica vs C. taitungensis

8

4

1

13

C. japonica vs A. capillus

16

4

1

21

C. japonica vs M. polymorpha

12

3

1

16

C. japonica vs E. globulus

12

4

1

17

C. japonica vs O. sativa

16

3

1

20

P. thunbergii vs C. taitungensis

6

1

1

8

P. thunbergii vs A. capillus

13

2

1

16

P. thunbergii vs M. polymorpha

7

1

1

9

P. thunbergii vs E. globulus

8

2

1

11

P. thunbergii vs O. sativa

12

1

1

14

C. taitungensis vs A. capillus

9

1

-

10

C. taitungensis vs M. polymorpha

3

0

-

3

C. taitungensis vs E. globulus

4

1

-

5

C. taitungensis vs O. sativa

8

0

-

8

A. capillus vs M. polymorpha

8

1

-

9

A. capillus vs E. globulus

9

2

-

11

A. capillus vs O. sativa

13

1

-

14

M. polymorpha vs E. globulus

3

1

-

4

M. polymorpha vs O. sativa

7

0

-

7

E. globulus vs O. sativa

4

1

-

5

* large inversions indicate an inversion event of the segment composed of two or more genes.

** one gene inversion indicates the inversion event of one gene.

Hirao et al. BMC Plant Biology 2008 8:70   doi:10.1186/1471-2229-8-70