The genome sequence of the tree of heaven, Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle, 1916

Rowan J Schley; Ilia J Leitch; Maarten J M Christenhusz; Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Plant Genome Sizing collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19628.1

The genome sequence of the tree of heaven, Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle, 1916

Wellcome Open Res. 2023 Jul 25:8:321. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19628.1. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Rowan J Schley¹, Ilia J Leitch², Maarten J M Christenhusz²; Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Plant Genome Sizing collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

Affiliations

¹ University of Exeter, Exeter, England, UK.
² Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, England, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Sapindales; Simaroubaceae). The genome sequence is 939 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial and plastid genome assemblies are 661.1 kilobases and 161.1 kilobases long, respectively.

Keywords: Ailanthus altissima; Simaroubaceae; chromosomal; genome sequence; tree of heaven.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Wellcome through core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (206194, https://doi.org/10.35802/206194) and the Darwin Tree of Life Discretionary Award (218328, https://doi.org/10.35802/218328).