Data of first de-novo transcriptome assembly of a non-model species, hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricate, nesting of the Colombian Caribean

Publication date: Available online 11 October 2017
Source:Data in Brief
Author(s): Javier Hernández-Fernández
The hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, is an endangered species of the Caribbean Colombian coast due to anthropic and natural factors that have decreased their population levels. Little is known about the genes that are involved in their immune system, sex determination, aging and others important functions. In this study, RNA sequencing was undertaken using Illumina sequencing technology. The first de-novo assembly of genes expressed in blood from this turtle was also performed. The raw FASTQ files were deposited in the NCBI SRA database with accession number SRX2653641. A total of 5.7Gb raw sequence data were obtained, corresponding to 47,555,108 raw reads. Trinity was used to perform a first de-novo assembly, and we were able to identify 47,586 transcripts of the female hawksbill turtle transcriptome with an N50 of 1100bp. The obtained transcriptome data will be useful for further studies of the physiology, biochemistry and evolution in this species.



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