Mayfly developmental atlas: developmental temporal expression atlas of the mayfly, Ephemera vulgata, reveals short germ-specific hox gene activation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the course of evolution, insects have seen drastic changes in their mode of development. While insects with derived modes of development have been studied extensively, information on ancestral modes of development is lacking. To address this, we selected a member of one of the earliest lineages of extant flying insects, serving as an outgroup to the modern winged insects, the short germ, non-model mayfly Ephemera vulgata Linnaeus (Insecta: Ephemeroptera, Ephemeridae). We document the embryonic morphology throughout its development and establish a global temporal expression atlas.

Results

DAPI staining was used to visualise developmental morphology to provide a frame of reference for the sequenced timepoints. A transcriptome was assembled from 3.2 billion Illu

SUBMITTER: Makkinje WPD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11616370 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature