Data of SSRs primers for high-throughput genotyping-by-sequencing (SSR-Seq) based on the partial genome assembly of Eugenia klotzschiana (Myrtaceae)

Leonardo C J Corvalán; Larissa R Carvalho; Amanda A Melo-Ximenes; Cíntia P Targueta; Ramilla S Braga-Ferreira; Rhewter Nunes; Mariana P C Telles

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.108917

Data of SSRs primers for high-throughput genotyping-by-sequencing (SSR-Seq) based on the partial genome assembly of Eugenia klotzschiana (Myrtaceae)

Data Brief. 2023 Jan 19:47:108917. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.108917. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Authors

Leonardo C J Corvalán¹, Larissa R Carvalho¹, Amanda A Melo-Ximenes¹, Cíntia P Targueta¹, Ramilla S Braga-Ferreira², Rhewter Nunes^{1

3}, Mariana P C Telles^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratório de Genética & Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
² Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis, Rondonópolis, MT, Brazil.
³ Instituto Federal de Goiás - Campus Cidade de Goiás, Goiás, GO, Brazil.
⁴ Escola de Ciências Médicas e da Vida, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.

Abstract

The neotropical fruit plant Eugenia klotzschiana Berg. is endemic from South America and occurs in the Brazilian savannah areas, a biome threatened by intensive agriculture. This species is a plant listed on the Brazilian list of Plants for the Future. The E. klotzschiana fruits have great nutritional value and antioxidant activity and are consumed in natura or processed into juice or jelly. However, their harvest is predominantly in native areas and needs further studies for large-scale commercialization. Nuclear genomic data and population genetic tools are still quite scarce for the species. Here, we provide data on the first partially assembled genome of E. klotzschiana (211 Mbp, ∼75.16% genome coverage, N50 = 3,407, and 46.8% BUSCO completeness), the raw Illumina sequencing reads, and two sets of primers for microsatellite (SSRs) high-throughput genotyping-by-sequencing (SSR-Seq) identified in the nuclear genome. These genomic resources are fundamental for this species conservation strategies and the development of a future breeding program.

Keywords: Cerrado; Microsatellite; Molecular markers; Nuclear genome; Population genomics.