Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of early male and female Bactrocera jarvisi embryos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Developing embryos are provided with maternal RNA transcripts and proteins, but transcription from the zygotic nuclei must be activated to control continuing embryonic development. Transcripts are generated at different stages of early development, and those involved in sex determination and cellularisation are some of the earliest to be activated. The male sex in tephritid fruit flies is determined by the presence of a Y chromosome, and it is believed that a transcript from the Y-chromosome sets in motion a cascade that determines male development, as part of the greater maternal to zygotic transition (MTZ). Here we investigate the poly(A+) transcriptome in early male and female embryos of the horticultural pest Bactrocera jarvisi (Diptera: Tephritidae).

Results

SUBMITTER: Morrow JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4255828 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature