Comprehensive re-assembly and annotation dataset for the argan tree (Argania spinosa L., Sapotaceae) genome.

ABSTRACT: We present a comprehensive annotation dataset for the scaffold-level nuclear genome assembly of the argan tree (Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels, Sapotaceae). Using Illumina whole-genome shotgun reads that we previously generated for the "Argan Amghar" individual and deposited under BioProject PRJNA294096, together with the corresponding GenBank assembly GCA_003260245.2, we re-assembled and curated a 690 Mbp draft with scaffold N50 of 25 Mbp and L50 of 11 large macro-scaffolds. Ab initio gene prediction with AUGUSTUS and GeneMark-ES, integrated by EVidenceModeler, produced 51,078 protein-coding genes and 2,081 non-coding RNA genes, while repeat annotation covers 53.0% of the assembly. Functional annotation combined eggNOG-mapper, InterProScan and BLASTp searches against UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot to

SUBMITTER: Idrissi Azami A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12917157 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature