Predator induced gene expression in tadpoles

ABSTRACT: Tadpoles of the anuran species Rana pirica can undergo predator-specific morphological responses. Exposure to a predation threat by larvae of the salamander Hynobius retardatus results in formation of a bulgy body (bulgy morph) with a higher tail. The tadpoles revert to a normal phenotype upon removal of the larval salamander threat. The objective of the present study was to use our own fabricated tadpole Rana pirica cDNA microarray to profile gene expression patterns during the predation threat. Experimental design used to produce control, bulgy morph and reversion type tadpoles for the microarray analysis was as follows. One group of tadpoles was placed with a larval salamander for 4 days to induce formation of the bulgy morph phenotype; the predator was then removed and the tadpoles

ORGANISM(S): Rana pirica

SUBMITTER: Tsukasa Mori 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12005 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress