Intraspecific Transcriptome Variation and Sex-Biased Expression in Anopheles arabiensis.

ABSTRACT: The magnitude and functional patterns of intraspecific transcriptional variation in the anophelines, including those of sex-biased genes underlying sex-specific traits relevant for malaria transmission, remain understudied. As a result, how changes in expression levels drive adaptation in these species is poorly understood. We sequenced the female, male, and larval transcriptomes of three populations of Anopheles arabiensis from Burkina Faso. One-third of the genes were differentially expressed between populations, often involving insecticide resistance-related genes in a sample type-specific manner, and with the females showing the largest number of differentially expressed genes. At the genomic level, the X chromosome appears depleted of differentially expressed genes compared with the a

SUBMITTER: Jayaswal V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449828 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature