Unravelling the changes during induced vitellogenesis in female European eel through RNA-Seq: What happens to the liver?

ABSTRACT: The life cycle of European eel (Anguilla anguilla), a catadromous species, is complex and enigmatic. In nature, during the silvering process prior to their long spawning migration, reproductive development is arrested, and they cease feeding. In studies of reproduction using hormonal induction, eels are equivalently not feed. Therefore, in female eels that undergo vitellogenesis, the liver plays different, essential roles being involved both in vitellogenins synthesis and in reallocating resources for the maintenance of vital functions, performing the transoceanic reproductive migration and completing reproductive development. The present work aimed at unravelling the major transcriptomic changes that occur in the liver during induced vitellogenesis in female eels. mRNA-Seq data from 16 an

SUBMITTER: Bertolini F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7425897 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature