Comparative RepeatExplorer analysis of Sorghum purpureosericeum B chromosome positive/negative plant

B chromosomes are supernumerary, dispensable chromosomes, the presence of
which has been detected in all major groups of living organisms - animals,
plants and fungi. They do not pair with A chromosomes during meiosis and
have irregular modes of inheritance. Here, we isolated and sequenced DNA
from B positive and B negative nuclei of Sorghum purpureosericeum and
performed repeat analysis on Illumina raw sequence data. The sequence
reads were analysed using RepeatExplorer pipeline in a comparative
fashion. The analysis revealed nine putative B specific clusters, which
were further characterized and used in order to develop B chromosome
specific markers. This dataset provides access to reads used in the
analysis; assembled repetitive clusters; and result of comparative
analysis between B positive and B negative samples.