Microarray-based annotation of the gut transcriptome of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria

ABSTRACT: The migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, is a serious agricultural pest and important insect model to study insect digestion and feeding behavior. The gut is one of the primary interfaces between the insect and its environment. Nevertheless, knowledge on the gut transcriptome of L. migratoria is still very limited. With the development of two EST databases from L. migratoria (whole body and central nervous system (CNS)) and one EST database from Schistocerca gregaria (CNS), an abundance of transcript data was made available for locusts. In addition, the genome of Locusta was also recently published in an effort to create a better understanding of swarm formation and flight behavior (Wang et al., 2014). While the transcript composition of nervous tissue was relatively well studied after th

ORGANISM(S): Locusta migratoria

SUBMITTER: Jozef Vanden Broeck 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-83967 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress