1. Characterization of gonadal transcriptomes from the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
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Hu, Yulong, Huang, Meng, Wang, Weiji, Guan, Jiantao, and Kong, Jie
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Observations ,Genetic aspects ,Turbots -- Genetic aspects ,Transcription (Genetics) -- Observations - Abstract
Introduction The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), also known as Psetta maxima, is an important economic flatfish species belonging to the family Scophthalmidae (order Pleuronectiformes). It is a marine flatfish species naturally [...], The mechanisms underlying sexual reproduction and sex ratio determination remains unclear in turbot, a flatfish of great commercial value. And there is limited information in the turbot database regarding genes related to the reproductive system. Here, we conducted high-throughput transcriptome profiling of turbot gonad tissues to better understand their reproductive functions and to supply essential gene sequence information for marker-assisted selection programs in the turbot industry. In this study, two gonad libraries representing sex differences in Scophthalmus maximus yielded 453 818 high-quality reads that were assembled into 24 611 contigs and 33 713 singletons by using 454 pyrosequencing, 13 936 contigs and singletons (CS) of which were annotated using BLASTx. GO (Gene Ontology) and KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) pathway analyses revealed that various biological functions and processes were associated with many of the annotated CS. Expression analyses showed that 510 genes were differentially expressed in males versus females; 80% of these genes were annotated. In addition, 6484 and 6036 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified in male and female libraries, respectively. This transcriptome resource will serve as the foundation for cDNA or SNP microarray construction, gene expression characterization, and sex-specific linkage mapping in turbot. Keywords: turbot, transcriptome, sex, single nucleotide polymorphism. Les mecanismes regissant la reproduction sexuee et la determination du rapport des sexes demeurent meconnus chez le turbot, un poisson plat de grand interet commercial. Il existe egalement peu d'informations au sein de la base de donnees du turbot en ce qui a trait aux genes qui seraient impliques dans le systeme reproducteur. Dans ce travail, les auteurs ont realise un profil transcriptomique a haut debit des tissus gonadiques du turbot pour mieux comprendre leurs fonctions reproductrices et pour obtenir une information essentielle sur la sequence des genes, tout cela en vue de programmes de selection assistee de marqueurs dans l'industrie du turbot. Deux librairies gonadiques representant les differences sexuelles chez le Scophthalmus maximus ont permis d'obtenir 453 818 sequences 454 de haute qualite, lesquelles ont ete assemblees pour former 24 611 contigs et 33 713 singletons. De ce nombre, 13 936 contigs et singletons (CS) ont ete annotes au moyen d'une analyse BLASTx. Des analyses GO (<>) et KEGG (<>) ont revele que diverses fonctions ainsi que divers processus biologiques etaient associes a plusieurs des CS annotes. Des analyses d'expression ont montre que 510 genes etaient exprimes differemment chez les males vs les femelles, et que 80% de ceux-ci etaient annotes. De plus, 6484 et 6036 polymorphismes mononucleotidiques (SNP) ont ete identifies respectivement au sein des librairies males et femelles. Cette ressource transcriptomique servira d'assise pour la production de puces d'ADNc ou de SNP, pour la caracterisation de l'expression genique et la cartographie genetique specifique du sexe chez le turbot. [Traduit par la Redaction] Mots-cles : turbot, transcriptome, sexe, polymorphismes mononucleotidique.
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- 2016
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