Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of historical olive (Olea europaea Linnaeus 1753 subsp. europaea) cultivar Mehras in Jordan

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the olive cultivar Mehras was determined using high-throughput sequencing technology. It consisted of 710,808 base pairs and comprised 70 genes, including 44 protein-coding genes, 23 tRNA genes, and three rRNA genes, with a GC content of 44.7%. Significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertions/deletions (InDels) were detected throughout the mitogenome. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted using other genotypes, including five olive cultivars, three related species, and Olea exasperata as an out-group. The analysis revealed that the olive cultivar Mehras shares an ancient common ancestor with the Frantoio cultivar from Italy and the Manzanilla cultivar from Spain, which confirms previous findings based on plastome sequencing.

Keywords:

• Mehras
• mitogenome
• olive

Author contributions

MS: conceptualization and design, analysis and interpretation of the data, drafting of the paper and revising it critically for intellectual content; and the final approval of the version to be published. MB: conceptualization and design, methodology, and drafting of the paper. SA: conceptualization, funding acquisition, and drafting of the paper. YA: conceptualization and design, methodology, sample collection. IA: conceptualization and design, methodology. NH: conceptualization and design, project administration, supervision, and drafting of the paper. All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

The authors acknowledge that there is no conflict of interest in this article.

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov under the accession number MW262896. The associated BioProject, Bio-Sample, and SRA numbers are PRJNA670825, SAMN16521220, and SRX9347605–SRX9347608, respectively.

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Funding

This research was supported by National Agricultural Research Center and the U.S. Agency for International Development, grant no. M35-027.