Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the 'Munstead' cultivar of Lavandula angustifolia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Lavandula angustifolia (English lavender) is commercially important not only as an ornamental species but also as a major source of fragrances. To better understand the genomic basis of chemical diversity in lavender, we sequenced, assembled, and annotated the 'Munstead' cultivar of L. angustifolia.

Data description

A total of 80 Gb of Oxford Nanopore Technologies reads was used to assemble the 'Munstead' genome using the Canu genome assembler software. Following multiple rounds of error correction and scaffolding using Hi-C data, the final chromosome-scale assembly represents 795,075,733 bp across 25 chromosomes with an N50 scaffold length of 31,371,815 bp. Benchmarking Universal Single Copy Orthologs analysis revealed 98.0% complete orthologs, indicative of a hi

SUBMITTER: Hamilton JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10717065 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature