Seven New Complete Plastome Sequences Reveal Rampant Independent Loss of the ndh Gene Family across Orchids and Associated Instability of the Inverted Repeat/Small Single-Copy Region Boundaries

• Hyoung Tae Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hyoung Tae Kim, Jung Sung Kim

  Affiliation Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

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• Jung Sung Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hyoung Tae Kim, Jung Sung Kim

  Affiliation Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

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• Michael J. Moore ,

  * E-mail: mmoore@oberlin.edu (MJM); kimjh2009@gachon.ac.kr (JHK)

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, United States of America

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• Kurt M. Neubig,

  Current address: Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

  Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Norris H. Williams,

  Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• W. Mark Whitten,

  Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Joo-Hwan Kim

  * E-mail: mmoore@oberlin.edu (MJM); kimjh2009@gachon.ac.kr (JHK)

  Affiliation Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

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