Transcriptomes of clonal palms with different fruit phenotypes.

Leaf tissue was sampled from clonal palms producing normal and mantled fruits. RNAseq libraries were generated and sequenced on Illumina platform. Differential expression analysis was carried out between the normal and mantled groups of palms. Leaf tissue used in this study was collected from clonal palms of a single ortet (mother palm). A total of 10 clonal palms bearing normal (5 palms) and mantled fruits (5 palms) were identified based on the fruit bunch cencus data and hereafter designated as biological replicates. Leaf tissues extended from frond 0 were sampled and used for isolation of total RNA. Expression profiling of the two groups were assessed through transcriptome sequencing data. For differential analysis, the normal group was designated as the reference.