De Novo Transcriptome Assembly and Analysis of Longevity Genes Using Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes chinensis) Castes.

ABSTRACT: The longevity phenomenon is entirely controlled by the insulin signaling pathway (IIS-pathway). Both vertebrates and invertebrates have IIS-pathways that are comparable to one another, though no one has previously described de novo transcriptome assembly of IIS-pathway-associated genes in termites. In this research, we analyzed the transcriptomes of both reproductive (primary kings "PK" and queens "PQ", secondary worker reproductive kings "SWRK" and queens "SWRQ") and non-reproductive (male "WM" and female "WF" workers) castes of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes chinensis. The goal was to identify the genes responsible for longevity in the reproductive and non-reproductive castes. Through transcriptome analysis, we annotated 103,589,264 sequence reads and 184,436 (7G) unigene

SUBMITTER: Haroon 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9657995 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature