Transcriptome analysis revealed potential mechanisms of differences in physiological stress responses between caged male and female magpies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Under caged conditions, birds are affected more severely by environmental stressors such as dietary structure, activity space, human disturbances, and pathogens, which may be reflected in the gene expression in peripheral blood or other tissues. Elucidating the molecular mechanism of these stress responses will help improve animal welfare.

Results

In the present study, the blood transcriptomes of six male and five female caged magpies (Pica pica) were sequenced, and a total of ~ 100 Gb in clean reads were generated using the Illumina HiSeq 2000 sequencer. A total of 420,291 unigenes were identified after assembly, of which 179,316 were annotated in five databases, 7471 were assigned to 269 Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways, and 566 were assig

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547487 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature