Abstract:Patchouli, Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth., is a traditional Chinese medicinal plant from the order Lamiales. It is considered a valuable herb due to its essential oil content and range of therapeutic effects. This study aimed to explore the evolutionary history of repetitive sequences in the patchouli genome by analyzing tandem repeats and transposable elements (TEs). We first retrieved genomic data for patchouli and four other Lamiales species from the GenBank database. Next, the content of tandem repeats … Show more
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