A gene catalogue for post-diapause development of an anhydrobiotic arthropod Artemia franciscana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diapause is a reversible state of developmental suspension and found among diverse taxa, from plants to animals, including marsupials and some other mammals. Although previous work has accumulated ample data, the molecular mechanism underlying diapause and reactivation from it remain elusive.

Results

Using Artemia franciscana, a model organism to study the development of post-diapause embryos in Arthropod, we sequenced random clones up to a total of 28,039 ESTs from four cDNA libraries made from dehydrated cysts and three time points after rehydration/reactivation, which were assembled into 8,018 unigene clusters. We identified 324 differentially-expressed genes (DEGs, P < 0.05) based on pairwise comparisons of the four cDNA libraries. We identified a group of gen

SUBMITTER: Chen WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2649162 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature