Whole genome sequencing and assembly data of Moricandia moricandioides and M. arvensis

Meng-Ying Lin; Nils Koppers; Alisandra Denton; Urte Schlüter; Andreas P M Weber

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.106922

Whole genome sequencing and assembly data of Moricandia moricandioides and M. arvensis

Data Brief. 2021 Mar 1:35:106922. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106922. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Meng-Ying Lin¹, Nils Koppers^{1

2}, Alisandra Denton¹, Urte Schlüter¹, Andreas P M Weber¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
² Core Facility Genomic, Medical Faculty of Muenster, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, D3, Domagstrasse 3, 48149, Muenster, Germany.

Abstract

Moricandia is a genus belonging to the family Brassicaceae. C₃ and C_3-C₄ photosynthesis Moricandia species exist in a close phylogenetic proximity, as well as to Brassica crops. Here, we performed PacBio genome sequencing on M. moricandioides and M. arvensis. The genomes were assembled using Flye assembler, then polished with Illumina reads and reduced duplication with Purge Haplotigs. The total length of genome assemblies of M. moricandioides and M. arvensis was 498 Mbp and 759 Mbp, respectively. These data will be useful for studies of the genetic control of C_3-C₄ characteristics, therefore gaining new insights into the early evolutionary steps of C₄ photosynthesis. Further, it can be integrated into Brassica crop breeding. The data can be accessed at ENA under the project number PRJEB39764.

Keywords: Genome assembly; Moricandia; NGS sequencing; PacBio sequencing.