Comparison of gene expression in the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) under different temperature conditions.

ABSTRACT: The red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta Buren is native to South America and is known as a global problematic invasive species. This study focused on the molecular response of RIFA by comparing gene expression profiles after exposing ants to low (10 °C) and high (40 °C) temperature stress and comparing them to untreated controls (30 °C). A total of 99,085 unigenes (the clustered non-redundant transcripts that are filtered from the longest assembled contigs) were obtained, of which 19,154 were annotated with gene descriptions, gene ontology terms, and metabolic pathways. 86 gene ontology (GO) functional sub-groups and 23 EggNOG terms resulted. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) with log₂FC ≥ 10 were screened and were compared at different temperatures. We found 20

SUBMITTER: Vatanparast M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363622 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature