Exploring Taxonomic and Genetic Relationships in the Pinus mugo Complex Using Genome Skimming Data.

ABSTRACT: Genome skimming is a novel approach that enables obtaining large-scale genomic information based on high-copy DNA fractions from shallow whole-genome sequencing. The simplicity of this method, low analysis costs, and large amounts of generated data have made it widely used in plant research, including species identification, especially in the case of protected or endangered taxa. This task is particularly difficult in the case of closely related taxa. The Pinus mugo complex includes several dozen closely related taxa occurring in the most important mountain ranges in Europe. The taxonomic rank, origin, or distribution of many of these taxa have been debated for years. In this study, we used genome skimming and multilocus DNA barcoding approaches to obtain different sequence data set

SUBMITTER: Sikora J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11432513 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature