Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE16720: Comparison of precocious and non-precocious salmon brain GSE16721: Comparison of gene expression in the salmon parr precocious and non-precocious testis Refer to individual Series
Project description:The objective was to compare gene expression in salmon precocious and non-precocious parr testis tissue. Nine microarray hybridisations were carried out in total as part of this loop design. Total RNA from 3 pools(PG1-PG3) each of 4 precocious fish testes were compared with 3 pools (NP1-NP3) each of 10 non-precocious fish testes. There were no direct dye swaps but there was overall dye balance in the loop
Project description:Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) is an environmentally and economically important organism and its gene content is reasonably well characterized. From a transcriptional standpoint, it is important to characterize the normal changes in gene expression over the course of early development, from fertilization through to the parr stage.S. salar samples were taken at 17 time points from 2 to 89 days post fertilization. Total RNA was extracted and cRNA was synthesized and hybridized to a new 44K oligo salmonid microarray platform. Quantified results were subjected to preliminary data analysis and submitted to NCBI’s Gene Expression Omnibus. Throughout the entire period of development, several thousand genes were found to be differentially regulated. This work represents the trancriptional characterization of a very large geneset that will be extremely valuable in further examination of the transcriptional changes in Atlantic salmon during the first few months of development. The expression profiles can help to annotate salmon genes in addition to being used as references against any number of experimental variables that developing salmonids might be subjected to.
Project description:The objective was to compare gene expression in salmon precocious and non-precocious parr brain tissue. Eight microarray hybridisations were carried out in total as part of this design. To compare brain samples total RNA from 10 individual brains (dissected of hypothalamus and pituitary) of precocious fish and 10 brains of non-precocious fish were pooled to give two pools each of five precocious (PA and PB) and non-precocious (NPA and NPB) brains. Each pool of precocious brains was compared in a dye swap experiment with each pool of non-precocious brains.
Project description:Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) is an environmentally and economically important organism and its gene content is reasonably well characterized. From a transcriptional standpoint, it is important to characterize the normal changes in gene expression over the course of early development, from fertilization through to the parr stage.S. salar samples were taken at 17 time points from 2 to 89 days post fertilization. Total RNA was extracted and cRNA was synthesized and hybridized to a new 44K oligo salmonid microarray platform. Quantified results were subjected to preliminary data analysis and submitted to NCBI’s Gene Expression Omnibus. Throughout the entire period of development, several thousand genes were found to be differentially regulated. This work represents the trancriptional characterization of a very large geneset that will be extremely valuable in further examination of the transcriptional changes in Atlantic salmon during the first few months of development. The expression profiles can help to annotate salmon genes in addition to being used as references against any number of experimental variables that developing salmonids might be subjected to. 17 time points (2 - 89 dpf) with three samples for each time point Equimolar amounts from all three individuals in each time point were pooled. Then reference pool was created by including equal quantities cRNA from each time point, except for the first time point which had less material included.