Transcriptomic analysis of the differentiating ovary of the protogynous ricefield eel Monopterus albus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ricefield eel is a protogynous hermaphroditic Synbranchiform species that changes sex naturally from female to male, which offers an interesting model for studying gonadal (particularly ovarian) differentiation in vertebrates. In the present study, transcriptome sequencing of the gonad of ricefield eel larvae was performed to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying the ovarian differentiation and development.

Results

A total of 301,267,988 clean reads were generated from cDNA libraries of gonadal tissues of ricefield eel larvae at 6, 9, 12, and 20 days post hatching (dph), which contained undifferentiated gonads, differentiating ovaries, ovaries with oogonia, and ovaries with meiotic oocytes, respectively. De-novo assembly of all the clean reads generated

SUBMITTER: Cai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541746 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature