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Transcription profiling of Drosophila allowed to evolve a defense response to infection to Pseudomonas aeruginosa over 10 generations

ABSTRACT: Drosophila harbor substantial genetic variation for antibacterial defense. We allowed wild-caught Drosophila melanogaster to evolve a defense response to systemic infection with the human opportunistic pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa over 10 generations. We performed genome wide transcriptional profiling in selected lines relative to control lines (not infected, but were exposed to the same bottleneck in population size as their paired selected lines by randomly selecting a set of individuals to found the next generation, and then infected at the end of the 10 generations), to identify specifically the genetic basis of the evolved immune response.

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster

SUBMITTER: Yixin Ye

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2054 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Transcription profiling of Drosophila allowed to evolve a defense response to infection to Pseudomonas aeruginosa over 10 generations

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