Transcriptome profiling of the dynamic life cycle of the scypohozoan jellyfish Aurelia aurita.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita is a widespread scyphozoan species that forms large seasonal blooms. Here we provide the first comprehensive view of the entire complex life of the Aurelia Red Sea strain by employing transcriptomic profiling of each stage from planula to mature medusa.

Results

A de novo transcriptome was assembled from Illumina RNA-Seq data generated from six stages throughout the Aurelia life cycle. Transcript expression profiling yielded clusters of annotated transcripts with functions related to each specific life-cycle stage. Free-swimming planulae were found highly enriched for functions related to cilia and microtubules, and the drastic morphogenetic process undergone by the planula while establishing the future body of the polyp may be med

SUBMITTER: Brekhman V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4334923 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature