Transcriptome analysis of red swamp crawfish Procambarus clarkii reveals genes involved in gonadal development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The red swamp crawfish, Procambarus clarkii, has become one of the most economically important cultured species in China. Currently, little is known about the gonadal development of this species. Isolation and characterization of genes are an initial step towards understanding gonadal development of P. clarkii.

Results

Using the 454 pyrosequencing technology, we obtained a total of 1,134,993 high quality sequence reads from the crawfish testis and ovary libraries. We aimed to identify different genes with a potential role in gonad development. The assembly formed into 22,652 isotigs, distributed by GO analysis across 55 categories in the three ontologies, 'molecular function', 'cellular component', and 'biological processes'. Comparative transcript analysis showed

SUBMITTER: Jiang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4132113 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature