文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Comparative and phylogenetic analysis of the complete chloroplast genome of santalum (Santalaceae)

作者：Liu, Xiaojin[1] Xu, Daping[1] Hong, Zhou[1] Zhang, Ningnan[1] Cui, Zhiyi[1]

第一作者：刘小金

通信作者：Xu, Daping|[a0005e4f3f8e13c83ceb3]徐大平;

机构：[1] Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, 510520, China

年份：2021

卷号：12

期号：10

外文期刊名：Forests

收录：EI(收录号：20214010974966);Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85116069605)

语种：英文

外文关键词：Conservation - Biology

摘要：Santalum (Santalaceae, sandalwood) is a hemiparasitic genus that includes approximately 15 extant species. It is known for its aromatic heartwood oil, which is used in incense and perfume. Demand for sandalwoodbased products has led to drastic overharvesting, and wild Santalum pop-ulations are now threatened. Knowledge of phylogenetic relationships will be critical for the conservation and proper management of this genus. Here, we sequenced the chloroplast genome of 11 Santalum species. The data were then used to investigate chloroplast genome evolutionary dynamics and relationships and divergence time within Santalum and related species. The Santalum chloro-plast genome contains typical quadripartite structures, ranging from 143,291 to 144,263 bp. The chlo-roplast genome contains 110 unique genes. The whole set of ndh genes and the infA gene were found to lose their functions. The Pdistance among the Santalum species was 0.0003 to 0.00828. Three mu-tation hotspot regions, 14 small inversions, and 460 indels events were discovered in the Santalum chloroplast genome. Branchmodelbased selection analyses showed that the Santalum species were under widespread purifying selection. Our phylogenomic assessment provides an improved resolution to the phylogenetic relationships of Santalum compared to the past analyses. Our divergence time analysis showed that the crown age of Santalum was 8.46 Mya (million years ago), the first divergence occurred around 6.97 Mya, and diversification was completed approximately 1 Mya. By sequencing the 11 Santalum species chloroplast genomes, we identified the variations in the Santa-lum chloroplast genomes. Using the chloroplast genome sequences, phylogeny and divergence time analyses discovered that the Santalum species were likely to originate due to radiation evolution, and most speciation events occurred less than 1 Mya. ? 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.