Sequencing and characterization of the transcriptome of half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) is a valuable fish for aquaculture in China. This fish exhibits sexual dimorphism, particularly different growth rates and body sizes between two genders. Thus, C. semilaevis is a good model that can be used to investigate mechanisms responsible for such dimorphism, this model can also be utilized to answer fundamental questions in evolution and applied fields of aquaculture. Hence, advances in second-generation sequencing technology, such as 454 pyrosequencing, could provide a robust tool to study the genome characteristics of non-model species.

Results

In this study, C. semilaevis was subjected to de novo transcriptome sequencing and characterization. A total of 749,954 reads were generated using a single 454 sequ

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4072885 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature