Acacia ligulata Mitochondrial Genome

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a mechanism that shapes angiosperm mitochondrial genomes. Host-parasite relationships are a valuable system to study this phenomenon due to the high frequency of HGT. In particular, the interaction between mimosoid legumes and holoparasites of the genus Lophophytum represents an outstanding opportunity to discern HGT events. However, the lack of mitochondrial sequences available from the donor angiosperm lineage (mimosoid legumes) of the genus Lophophytum precluded a large-scale evolutionary study. Therefore, we sequenced and assembled the mitochondrial genome of the mimosoid Acacia ligulata to perform genome wide comparisons with Lophophytum mirabile.