Genome assembly of the Pink Ipe (Handroanthus impetiginosus, Bignoniaceae), a highly valued, ecologically keystone Neotropical timber forest tree.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Handroanthus impetiginosus (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos is a keystone Neotropical hardwood tree widely distributed in seasonally dry tropical forests of South and Mesoamerica. Regarded as the "new mahogany," it is the second most expensive timber, the most logged species in Brazil, and currently under significant illegal trading pressure. The plant produces large amounts of quinoids, specialized metabolites with documented antitumorous and antibiotic effects. The development of genomic resources is needed to better understand and conserve the diversity of the species, to empower forensic identification of the origin of timber, and to identify genes for important metabolic compounds.

Findings

The genome assembly covers 503.7 Mb (N50 = 81 316 bp), 90.4% of the 557-Mbp geno

SUBMITTER: Silva-Junior OB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5905499 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature