Complete plastome sequencing from Toona (Meliaceae) and phylogenomic analyses within Sapindales.

ABSTRACT:

Premise of the study

Toona (Meliaceae, Sapindales) is a small genus of five species of trees native from southern and eastern Asia to New Guinea and Australia. Complete plastomes were sequenced for three Toona species to provide a basis for future plastome genetic studies in threatened species of Toona. In addition, plastome structural evolution and phylogenetic relationships across Sapindales were explored with a larger data set of 29 Sapindales plastomes (including members of six out of nine families).

Methods

The plastomes were determined using the Illumina sequencing platform; the phylogenetic analyses were conducted using maximum likelihood by RAxML.

Results

The lengths of three Toona plastomes range from 159,185 to 158,196 bp. A total

SUBMITTER: Lin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5947613 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature