De novo assembly, gene annotation and marker development using Illumina paired-end transcriptome sequences in celery (Apium graveolens L.)

We obtained a large-scale celery transcriptome sequence dataset using Illumina sequencing technology. The dataset is a great supplement to the current database and will be a valuable resource for further researches like gene discovery, marker development, linkage map construction, gene localization and clone, molecular breeding and comparative genomics.