Abstract:Background Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel is a commercially important medicinal tea tree native to Australia. Tea tree oil (TTO), the essential oil distilled from its branches and leaves, has broad-spectrum germicidal activity and is highly valued in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Genome size is a key biology index, the study of which provides reference for genome engineering and sequencing work; besides, it also provides direct data for evolution biology and so on. Methods and… Show more
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