De novo transcriptome of Ischnura elegans provides insights into sensory biology, colour and vision genes.

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Background

There is growing interest in odonates (damselflies and dragonflies) as model organisms in ecology and evolutionary biology but the development of genomic resources has been slow. So far only one draft genome (Ladona fulva) and one transcriptome assembly (Enallagma hageni) have been published. Odonates have some of the most advanced visual systems among insects and several species are colour polymorphic, and genomic and transcriptomic data would allow studying the genomic architecture of these interesting traits and make detailed comparative studies between related species possible. Here, we present a comprehensive de novo transcriptome assembly for the blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) built from short-read RNA-seq data. The transcriptome a

SUBMITTER: Chauhan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4182773 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature