@article{fdi:010070059, title = {{A} large set of 26 new reference transcriptomes dedicated to comparative population genomics in crops and wild relatives}, author = {{S}arah, {G}. and {H}oma, {F}. and {P}ointet, {S}. and {C}ontreras, {S}. and {S}abot, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {N}abholz, {B}. and {S}antoni, {S}. and {S}aune, {L}. and {A}rdisson, {M}. and {C}hantret, {N}. and {S}auvage, {C}. and {T}regear, {J}ames and {J}ourda, {C}. and {P}ot, {D}. and {V}igouroux, {Y}ves and {C}hair, {H}. and {S}carcelli, {N}ora and {B}illot, {C}. and {Y}ahiaoui, {N}. and {B}acilieri, {R}. and {K}hadari, {B}. and {B}occara, {M}. and {B}arnaud, {A}deline and {P}eros, {J}. {P}. and {L}abouisse, {J}. {P}. and {P}ham, {J}ean-{L}ouis and {D}avid, {J}. and {G}lemin, {S}. and {R}uiz, {M}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{W}e produced a unique large data set of reference transcriptomes to obtain new knowledge about the evolution of plant genomes and crop domestication. {F}or this purpose, we validated a {RNA}-{S}eq data assembly protocol to perform comparative population genomics. {F}or the validation, we assessed and compared the quality of de novo {I}llumina short-read assemblies using data from two crops for which an annotated reference genome was available, namely grapevine and sorghum. {W}e used the same protocol for the release of 26 new transcriptomes of crop plants and wild relatives, including still understudied crops such as yam, pearl millet and fonio. {T}he species list has a wide taxonomic representation with the inclusion of 15 monocots and 11 eudicots. {A}ll contigs were annotated using {BLAST}, prot4{EST} and {B}last2{GO}. {A} strong originality of the data set is that each crop is associated with close relative species, which will permit whole-genome comparative evolutionary studies between crops and their wild-related species. {T}his large resource will thus serve research communities working on both crops and model organisms. {A}ll the data are available at}, keywords = {comparative genomics ; reference transcriptomes ; {RNA}-{S}eq}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}olecular {E}cology {R}esources}, volume = {17}, numero = {3}, pages = {565--580}, ISSN = {1755-098{X}}, year = {2017}, DOI = {10.1111/1755-0998.12587}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070059}, }