Data from: "Transcriptome resources for two highly divergent Silene latifolia populations" in Genomic Resources Notes accepted 1 February 2015 – 31 March 2015

Here we have used next-generation Illumina sequencing to generate
transcriptomes of four S. latifolia individuals from two morphologically
divergent populations from disparate habitats, including including two
females from Xativa, Spain and two males from Zagreb, Croatia. Spanish
plants experience a much hotter, drier climate than Croatian plants, and
the populations have ecologically relevant differences in floral and leaf
characteristics (e.g., Spain has thicker leaves and produces fewer, larger
flowers in comparison) (data not shown). This transcriptome data will
provide population-specific SNPs for planned QTL studies using these
populations to connect phenotypic diversity with the underlying genetic
architecture. This transcriptome resource will also contribute to a
growing set of genomics resources for S. latifolia.