Mock Reference of 58,582 DNA Sequences from 202 Melissa Officinalis Genotypes

A 'mock reference' of 58,582 DNA sequences or contigs constructed by vsearch clustering from 202 genotypes of the subspecies officinalis. The dataset, authored by Daniel von Maydell, is available as an 11.7 MB FASTA file under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on May 2, 2026. It serves as supplementary material for a study on the population structure and genetic diversity of an international collection of Melissa officinalis.

Use Cases

• Constructing a reference for genetic variant calling based on the clustered sequence data.
• Analyzing genetic diversity and population structure based on the sequence contigs from 202 genotypes.
• Benchmarking sequence clustering algorithms using the vsearch-generated mock reference.

Strengths

• Contains 58,582 sequences/contigs, providing a substantial basis for genetic analysis.
• Derived from a specific and sizable sample of 202 plant genotypes.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and sequence characteristics require manual inspection after download.
• Row count (number of individual sequence records) is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the FASTA format and manuscript.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Constructed by vsearch clustering of genetic data from 202 plant genotypes, as detailed in the associated manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-02 03:17:17; freshness should be verified.