Comparative transcriptome analysis within the Lolium/Festuca species complex reveals high sequence conservation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Lolium-Festuca complex incorporates species from the Lolium genera and the broad leaf fescues, both belonging to the subfamily Pooideae. This subfamily also includes wheat, barley, oat and rye, making it extremely important to world agriculture. Species within the Lolium-Festuca complex show very diverse phenotypes, and many of them are related to agronomically important traits. Analysis of sequenced transcriptomes of these non-model species may shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenotypic diversity.

Results

We have generated de novo transcriptome assemblies for four species from the Lolium-Festuca complex, ranging from 52,166 to 72,133 transcripts per assembly. We have also predicted a set of proteins and validated it with a high-confiden

SUBMITTER: Czaban A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4389671 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature