Project description:We used DamID-seq to analyze the genome-wide binding patterns of the group B Sox proteins Dichaete and SoxNeuro in four species of Drosophila: D. melanogaster, D. simulans, D. yakuba and D. pseudoobscura. Both binding site turnover between species and a comparison of the binding properties of the two partially-redundant transcription factors were analyzed. We found that, despite widespread turnover, genomic intervals that are commonly bound by both Dichaete and SoxNeuro are highly conserved in Drosophila. DamID for Dichaete (Dichaete-Dam) was performed in D. melanogaster, D. simulans, D. yakuba and D. pseudoobscura, while DamID for SoxNeuro (SoxN-Dam) was performed in D. melanogaster and D. simulans. The control experiment, Dam-only, was performed in all species. Three biological replicates were sequenced for each condition in each species.

2014-11-18 | E-GEOD-63333 | biostudies-arrayexpress

roX ChIRP-seq in four Drosophila species

Project description:We identified orthologs of the roX lncRNAs across diverse Drosophilid species, and then mapped the genomic binding sites of roX1 and roX2 in four Drosophila species (D. melanogaster, D. willistoni, D. virilis, and D. busckii) using ChIRP-seq (chromatin isolation by RNA Purification and sequencing), thus revealing the interplay of the evolution of roX1 and roX2 and their genomic binding sites.

2016-01-25 | GSE69208 | GEO

Transcriptome changes associated with cold acclimation in two species of the Drosophila virilis group

Project description:For many organisms the ability to cold acclimate with the onset of seasonal cold has major implications for their fitness. In insects, where this ability is widespread, the physiological changes associated with increased cold tolerance have been well studied. Despite this, little work has been done to trace changes in gene expression during cold acclimation that lead to an increase in cold tolerance. We used an RNA-Seq approach to investigate this in two species of the Drosophila virilis group. We found that the majority of genes that are differentially expressed during cold acclimation differ between the two species. Despite this, the biological processes associated with the differentially expressed genes were broadly similar in the two species. These included: metabolism, cell membrane composition, and circadian rhythms, which are largely consistent with previous work on cold acclimation / cold tolerance. In addition, we also found evidence of the involvement of the rhodopsin pathway in cold acclimation, a pathway that has been recently linked to thermotaxis. Interestingly, we found no evidence of differential expression of stress genes implying that long-term cold acclimation and short-term stress response may have a different physiological basis.

2014-12-27 | GSE58925 | GEO

Small RNAs from four Drosophila melanogaster-subgroup species

Project description:Curration of small RNAs from four melanogaster-subgroup species (Drosophila simulans, Drosophila sechellia, Drosophila erecta, and Drosophila yakuba) for the purpose of non-coding RNA annotation and comparative genomics assessment.

2014-07-22 | GSE56244 | GEO

Small RNAs from 11 Drosophila species

Project description:Annotation of small RNAs from 11 Drosophila species for the purpose of non-coding RNA annotation and comparative genomics assessment.

2017-11-20 | GSE98013 | GEO

Small RNAs from four Drosophila melanogaster-subgroup species

2014-07-22 | E-GEOD-56244 | biostudies-arrayexpress

Binding site turnover produces pervasive quantitative changes in TF binding between closely related Drosophila species

Project description:[original title] Binding site turnover produces pervasive quantitative changes in transcription factor binding between closely related Drosophila species. We demonstrate extensive quantitative changes in binding of six factors that control early embryonic patterning between two closely related Drosophila species ChIP-Seq based binding measurements of six transcription factors in embryos of two Drosophila species, D.melanogaster and D.yakuba.

2010-02-18 | E-GEOD-20369 | biostudies-arrayexpress

breve species group

Project description:Species delimitation and taxonomy of the breve species group including analysis of genomic architecture of type specimen

| PRJNA385550 | ENA