Towards understanding the molecular basis of cockroach tergal gland morphogenesis. A transcriptomic approach

ABSTRACT: The tergal gland is a structure exclusive of adult male cockroaches that produces substances attractive to the female and facilitates mating. It is formed de novo in tergites 7 and 8 during the transition from the last nymphal instar to the adult. Thus, the tergal gland can afford a suitable case study to investigate the molecular basis of a morphogenetic process occurring during metamorphosis. Using Blattella germanica as model, we constructed transcriptomes from male tergites 7-8 in non-metamorphosing specimens, and from the same tergites in metamorphosing specimens. We performed a de novo assembly all available transcriptomes to construct a reference transcriptome and we identified transcripts by homology. Finally we mapped all reads into the reference transcriptome in order to perform

ORGANISM(S): Blattella germanica

SUBMITTER: Guillem Ylla 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-63993 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress