Cephalic ganglia transcriptomics of the American cockroach Periplaneta americana (Blattodea: Blattidae).

ABSTRACT: The American cockroach Periplaneta americana (L.) (Blattodea, Blattidae) has been a model organism for biochemical and physiological study for almost a century, however, its use does not benefit from the genetic tools found in key model species such as Drosophila melanogaster. To facilitate the use of the cockroach as a model system in neuroscience and to serve as a foundation for functional and translational experimentation, a transcriptome of the cephalic ganglia was assembled and annotated, and differential expression profiles between these ganglia were assessed. The transcriptome assembly yielded >400 k transcripts, with >40 k putative coding sequences. Gene ontology and protein domain searches indicate the cerebral and gnathal ganglia (GNG) have distinct genetic expression profiles. T

SUBMITTER: Levy I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11650548 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature