Genomic Resources for the First Federally Endangered Lichen: The Florida Perforate Cladonia (Cladonia perforata).

ABSTRACT: Thirty years after its designation as a federally endangered species, the Florida Perforate Cladonia (FPC) remains imperiled in isolated populations in the Florida scrub in the southeastern USA. For threatened and endangered species, such as FPC, reference genomes provide critical insight into genomic diversity, local adaptations, landscape-level genetics, and phylogenomics. Using high-throughput sequencing, we assemble the first draft nuclear and mitochondrial genomes for the FPC mycobiont-Cladonia perforata. We also assess genetic diversity within and among populations in southeastern Florida using genome-scale data and investigate diversity across the entire nuclear ribosomal cistron, including the standard DNA barcoding marker for fungi. The draft nuclear genome spanned 33.6 Mb,

SUBMITTER: Leavitt SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10381751 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature