Characterization of a de novo assembled transcriptome of the Common Blackbird (Turdus merula).

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, next generation high throughput sequencing technologies have proven to be useful tools for investigations concerning the genomics or transcriptomics also of non-model species. Consequently, ornithologists have adopted these technologies and the respective bioinformatics tools to survey the genomes and transcriptomes of a few avian non-model species. The Common Blackbird is one of the most common bird species living in European cities, which has successfully colonized urban areas and for which no reference genome or transcriptome is publicly available. However, to target questions like genome wide gene expression analysis, a reference genome or transcriptome is needed.

Methods

Therefore, in this study two Common Blackbirds were sacrificed, their mR

SUBMITTER: Koglin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5732540 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature