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.

本研究采用下一代Illumina测序技术，对来自两个生境迥异、形态分化显著的种群的4株S. latifolia个体进行转录组测序，其中包括来自西班牙哈蒂瓦（Xativa）的2株雌性个体，以及来自克罗地亚萨格勒布（Zagreb）的2株雄性个体。相较于克罗地亚种群，西班牙种群所处气候更为炎热干燥，二者在花部与叶片性状上存在具有生态相关性的差异（例如，相较而言西班牙种群叶片更厚，开花数量更少但花型更大，相关数据未展示）。本转录组数据将为基于该种群的计划开展的数量性状位点（QTL）研究提供种群特异性单核苷酸多态性（SNPs），以关联表型多样性与其潜在遗传结构。此外，该转录组资源也将为S. latifolia日益丰富的基因组学资源库作出贡献。