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ArticleBMC genomics2025

Phylogenetic analysis of Asiatic species in the tropical genus Beilschmiedia (Lauraceae).

Wen Zhu, Jurong Ma, Yunhong Tan, Yu Song, Peiyao Xin

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Wen ZhuEngineering Technology Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Southwest Landscape Architecture, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224, China.
Jurong MaKey Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Ministry of Education) & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Landscape Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization in Lijiang River Basin, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, 541004, China.
Yunhong TanSoutheast Asia Bioaffiliationersity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China. tyh@xtbg.org.cn.
Yu SongKey Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Ministry of Education) & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Landscape Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization in Lijiang River Basin, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, 541004, China. songyu@gxnu.edu.cn.
Peiyao XinEngineering Technology Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Southwest Landscape Architecture, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224, China. xpytgyx@163.com.

Funding

Funding from Yunnan Province Science and Technology Department 202203AP140007Key Technologies Research for the Germplasm of Important Woody Flowers in Yunnan Province 202302AE090018Special Program for Technology Bases and Talents of Guangxi GuikeAD23026281the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32260060 & 32060710the Project of the Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences Y4ZK111B01
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Abstract

The tropial genus Beilschmiedia, comprising over 250 species worldwide, includes approximately 40 species distributed in the northern tropical forests of Asia. However, the phylogenetic relationships among these Asiatic Beilschmiedia species remain incompletely understood. In this study, we sequenced and assembled complete chloroplast genomes from six Asiatic Beilschmiedia species, including five from China and one from Indonesia. The genomes range in size from 158,275 to 158,620 bp and exhibit a typical quadripartite structure, similar to other basal Lauraceae species. We identified 116 to 122 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) and 19 to 28 dispersed repeats within the genomes. The relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) of 79 protein-coding genes exhibited minimal variation. Notably, the boundary genes rpl23 and ycf1 displayed varying degrees of expansion and contraction, along with incomplete replication phenomena. Using a sliding window approach, we constructed a coalescent tree with ASTRAL software to analyze the phylogenetic relationships. The resulting main topology was highly consistent with the Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) analyses, clearly dividing the Asiatic core Beilschmiedia into two distinct groups: Group A and Group B. Group A showed an extremely low nucleotide diversity (π) value of 0.00063, while Group B exhibited 2.79-fold higher diversity. The highly variable regions trnS-trnG and rpl32-trnL are proposed as molecular markers for distinguishing between Groups A and B. Furthermore, we identified seven additional highly variable regions: ndhF, ndhF-rpl32, rpl2, rpl2-trnH, rpl32, rps15-ycf1, and ycf1. These regions may serve as potential molecular markers for the Asiatic Beilschmiedia species. These findings provide new insights into the phylogenetic relationships among Asiatic Beilschmiedia species, highlighting the potential of specific molecular markers in future research.

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Genome, ChloroplastLauraceaePhylogenyMicrosatellite RepeatsBeilschmiediineaeCandidate barcodeChloroplast genomeComparative genomicsPhylogenetic relationship

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