Abstract
The milky mangrove Excoecaria agallocha is a latex-secreting mangrove that are distributed
in tropical and subtropical regions. While its poisonous latex is regarded as a potential source
of phytochemicals for biomedical applications, the genomic resources of E. agallocha remains
limited. Here, we present a chromosomal level genome of E. agallocha, assembled from the
combination of PacBio long-read sequencing and Omni-C data. The resulting assembly size
is 1,332.45 Mb and has high contiguity and completeness with a scaffold N50 of 58.9 Mb and
a BUSCO score of 98.4%, with 86.08% of sequences anchored to 18 pseudomolecules. 73,740
protein-coding genes were also predicted. The milky mangrove genome provides a useful
resource for further understanding the biosynthesis of phytochemical compounds in E. agallocha.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | GigaByte |
| Volume | 2024 |
| Online published | 25 Apr 2024 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Funding
This work was funded and supported by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council Collaborative Research Fund (C4015-20EF), CUHK Strategic Seed Funding for Collaborative Research Scheme (3133356) and CUHK Group Research Scheme (3110154).
Research Keywords
- Genetics and Genomics, Plant Genetics, Botany
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