Data of SSRs primers for high-throughput genotyping-by-sequencing (SSR-Seq) based on the partial genome assembly of Eugenia klotzschiana (Myrtaceae).

Autores da FMUP

• Rui Manuel Lopes Nunes

  Autor

Participantes de fora da FMUP

• Corvalán LCJ
• Carvalho LR
• Melo-Ximenes AA
• Targueta CP
• Braga-Ferreira RS
• Telles MPC

Unidades de investigação

• Laboratório Associado RISE- Rede de Investigação em Saúde

  

  Investigador

  Fernando Carlos De Landér Schmitt

• Medicina da Comunidade, Informação e Decisão em Saúde

• RISE-Health

  

  Investigador

  Fernando Carlos De Landér Schmitt

Abstract

The neotropical fruit plant Eugenia klotzschiana Berg. is endemic from South America and occurs in the Brazilian savannah areas, a biome threatened by intensive agriculture. This species is a plant listed on the Brazilian list of Plants for the Future. The E. klotzschiana fruits have great nutritional value and antioxidant activity and are consumed in natura or processed into juice or jelly. However, their harvest is predominantly in native areas and needs further studies for large-scale commercialization. Nuclear genomic data and population genetic tools are still quite scarce for the species. Here, we provide data on the first partially assembled genome of E. klotzschiana (211 Mbp, ~75.16% genome coverage, N50 = 3,407, and 46.8% BUSCO completeness), the raw Illumina sequencing reads, and two sets of primers for microsatellite (SSRs) high-throughput genotyping-by-sequencing (SSR-Seq) identified in the nuclear genome. These genomic resources are fundamental for this species conservation strategies and the development of a future breeding program.

© 2023 The Author(s).

Keywords

• Cerrado; Microsatellite; Molecular markers; Nuclear genome; Population genomics