Data on the <i>de novo</i> transcriptome assembly for the migratory bird, the Common quail (<i>Coturnix coturnix</i>).

ABSTRACT: The Common or European quail (Coturnix coturnix) is a Galliform bird of ecological importance for research in the field of animal migration. The Common quail is also a game bird, thus, of great interest for recreational activities and conservation management. Here, we generated a high quality de novo transcriptome for the Common quail for which no reference genome is to date publicly available. The transcriptome was obtained from a population of Common quail originated from captive founders raised under laboratory conditions. Paired-end RNA-Sequencing reads were obtained from extracted total RNA of brain tissue punches (preoptic-hypothalamic region) of 23 quails, which yielded to 5.5-11.2 million reads per individual bird for a total of 236 million reads. After assembly optim

SUBMITTER: Marasco V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7394769 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature