Genome sequencing data for wild and cultivated bananas, plantains and abacá.
Christine Sambles, Lakshmipriya Venkatesan, Olanrewaju M Shittu, James Harrison, Karen Moore, Leena Tripathi, Murray Grant, Rachel Warmington, David J Studholme
Author Information
Christine Sambles: Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
Lakshmipriya Venkatesan: Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
Olanrewaju M Shittu: Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
James Harrison: Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
Karen Moore: Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
Leena Tripathi: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
Murray Grant: Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Rachel Warmington: Eden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall PL24 2SG, UK.
David J Studholme: Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
We performed shotgun genome sequencing on a total of 19 different genotypes including representatives of wild banana species and , allopolyploid bananas and plantains, Fe'i banana, pink banana (also known as hairy banana) and abacá (also known as hemp banana). We aligned sequence reads against a previously sequenced reference genome and assessed ploidy and, in the case of allopolyploids, the contributions of the A and B genomes; this provides important quality-assurance data about the taxonomic identities of the sequenced plant material. These data will be useful for phylogenetics, crop improvement, studies of the complex story of intergenomic recombination in AAB and ABB allotriploid bananas and plantains and can be integrated into resources such as the Banana Genome Hub.
