Transcriptome sequencing of developing seeds of Prunus pedunculata Pall

Prunus pedunculata Pall, the deciduous shrub of Amygdalus subgenus in Rosaceae, is a new kind of desert oilbearing tree. It has a long story of being planted in the West and North of China for sand fixation and desert control. In addition, the seeds of P. pedunculata are rich of oil, especially the monounsaturated fatty acid and polyunsaturated fatty acid. Thus, to study the gene changes of developing seeds of this species, we performed paired-end transcriptome sequencing.