Candidate genes associated with color morphs of female-limited polymorphisms of the damselfly Ischnura senegalensis.

ABSTRACT: Many Odonata species exhibit female-limited polymorphisms, where one morph is similar to the conspecific male in body color and other traits (andromorph), whereas one or more other morphs differ from the male (gynomorphs). Here we investigated the differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) among males and two female morph groups (gynomorphs and andromorphs) using RNA-seq to identify candidate transcripts encoding female-limited polymorphisms in the damselfly Ischnura senegalensis. Seven DETs that had significantly different expression levels between males and gynomorphs, but not between males and andromorphs, were identified. The expression levels of four of these candidate genes, doublesex (dsx), black, ebony, and chaoptin (chp), were selected for further analysis using qRT-PCR. Sequence

SUBMITTER: Takahashi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6288084 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature