Project description:Triticum aestivum cultivars Scorpion 25 and Xi 19 were grown under both normal and hot/dry conditions. We compared the effect of these two growth conditions on these two closely related varieties. We sequenced two biological replicates each for both Scorpion 25 and Xi19 grown under normal conditions. One library for hot/dry growth conditions was sequenced for each of these two cultivars.
Project description:Here we describe a genome-wide analysis of copy number variations (CNVs) in Chinese domestic cattle by using array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) and quantitative PCR (qPCR). We conducted array CGH analysis on 30 male cattle individuals, animals from consisting of 12 breeds of Bos taurus/Bos indicus, 1 Bos grunniens and and two ones of Bubalus bubalis breeds for with beef, and/or dairy or dual purpose. We identified over 470 candidate CNV regions (CNVRs) in Bos B. taurus/B. indicus; 118 candidate CNV regions (CNVRs) in B. grunniens, 139 CNVRs in B. bubalis. Furthermore, based on the Y haplotypes of B. taurus/ B. indicus, Wwe also identified 69, 337, and 251 candidate CNV regions (CNVRs) in the sub-groups of Y1, Y2 and Y3 haplotypes.
Project description:Sea urchins are emblematic marine animals with a rich fossil record and represent instrumental models for developmental biology. As echinoderms, sea urchins display several characteristics that set them apart from other deuterostomes such as their highly regulative embryonic development and their unique pentaradial adult body plan. To determine whether these characteristics are linked to particular genomic rearrangement or gene regulatory rewiring, we introduce a chromosome-scale genome assembly for sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus as well as extensive transcriptomic and epigenetic profiling during its embryonic development. We found that sea urchins show opposite modalities of genome evolution as compared to those of vertebrates: they retained ancestral chromosomal linkages that otherwise underwent mixing in vertebrates, while their intrachromosomal gene order has evolved much faster between sea urchin species that split 60 Myr ago than it did in vertebrates. We further assessed the conservation of the cis-regulatory program between sea urchins and chordates and identified conserved modules despite the developmental and body plan differences. We documented regulatory events underlying processes like zygotic genome activation and transition to larval stage in sea urchins. We also identified a burst of gene duplication in the echinoid lineage and showed that some of these expanded genes are involved in organismal novelties, such as Aristotle's lantern, tube feet, or in the specification of lineages through for instance the pmar1 and pop genes. Altogether, our results suggest that gene regulatory networks controlling development can be conserved despite extensive gene order rearrangement.
Project description:Pubertal development in males starts with the onset of spermatogenesis that implies the division of primary spermatogonia and their subsequent entry into meiosis. Whole genome microarray expression profile was used as a means to explore the molecular basis underlying the onset of pubertal development in sea bass. The present study is aimed at the characterization of the expression of genes involved in the onset of spermatogenesis in the European sea bass. The study is focused on the first stages of the process including the appearance of spermatocytes and thus the first meiotic divisions. The transcriptomic study using a sea bass-specific microarray resulted in a number of genes differentially expressed during the onset of spermatogenesis. Among those, genes involved in cell-cycle progression, microtubule assembly during meiosis or retinoic acid signaling pathway indicating that they can be used as potential molecular markers for the onset of spermatogenesis in sea bass.
Project description:Triticum aestivum cultivars Scorpion 25 and Xi 19 were grown under both normal and hot/dry conditions. We compared the effect of these two growth conditions on these two closely related varieties.
Project description:Adult female three-spined stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus) were exposed to 10 individual chemicals, 26 mixtures of these chemicals, or control conditions in a flow-through system for 4 days. Transcriptomics was performed on liver samples by microarray. The main aims were to determine molecular signatures induced by these chemicals in the three-spined stickleback, discover whether these persisted in chemical mixtures and identify non-additive molecular responses in chemical mixtures exposures.
