Distinct patterns of gene expression during regeneration and asexual reproduction in the annelid Pristina leidyi.

ABSTRACT: Regeneration, the ability to replace lost body parts, is a widespread phenomenon in the animal kingdom often connected to asexual reproduction or fission, since the only difference between the two appears to be the stimulus that triggers them. Both developmental processes have largely been characterized; however, the molecular toolkit and genetic mechanisms underlying these events remain poorly unexplored. Annelids, in particular the oligochaete Pristina leidyi, provide a good model system to investigate these processes as they show diverse ways to regenerate, and can reproduce asexually through fission under laboratory conditions. Here, we used a comparative transcriptomics approach based on RNA-sequencing and differential gene expression analyses to understand the molecular mechanisms in

SUBMITTER: Del Olmo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790225 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature