Transcriptome Characterization of Dendrolimus punctatus and Expression Profiles at Different Developmental Stages.

ABSTRACT: The pine moth Dendrolimus punctatus (Walker) is a common insect pest that confers serious damage to conifer forests in south of China. Extensive physiology and ecology studies on D. punctatus have been carried out, but the lack of genetic information has limited our understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind its development and resistance. Using RNA-seq approach, we characterized the transcriptome of this pine moth and investigated its developmental expression profiles during egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages. A total of 107.6 million raw reads were generated that were assembled into 70,664 unigenes. More than 30% unigenes were annotated by searching for homology in protein databases. To better understand the process of metamorphosis, we pairwise compared four developmental phases

SUBMITTER: Yang CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4999207 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature