A customised target capture sequencing tool for molecular identification of Aloe vera and relatives.

ABSTRACT: Plant molecular identification studies have, until recently, been limited to the use of highly conserved markers from plastid and other organellar genomes, compromising resolution in highly diverse plant clades. Due to their higher evolutionary rates and reduced paralogy, low-copy nuclear genes overcome this limitation but are difficult to sequence with conventional methods and require high-quality input DNA. Aloe vera and its relatives in the Alooideae clade (Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae) are of economic interest for food and health products and have horticultural value. However, pressing conservation issues are increasing the need for a molecular identification tool to regulate the trade. With > 600 species and an origin of ± 15 million years ago, this predominantly African su

SUBMITTER: Woudstra Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8692607 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature