An annotated cDNA library and microarray for large-scale gene-expression studies in the ant Solenopsis invicta.

ABSTRACT: Ants display a range of fascinating behaviors, a remarkable level of intra-species phenotypic plasticity and many other interesting characteristics. Here we present a new tool to study the molecular mechanisms underlying these traits: a tentatively annotated expressed sequence tag (EST) resource for the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. From a normalized cDNA library we obtained 21,715 ESTs, which represent 11,864 putatively different transcripts with very diverse molecular functions. All ESTs were used to construct a cDNA microarray.

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1839134 | biostudies-literature | 2007

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature