Project description:To identify miRNAs of Tribolium castaneum, one small RNA libraries for mix samples of eight development stage (including 1-day-old early embryo, 3-day-old late embryo, 1-day-old early larva, 20-day-old late larva, 1-day-old early pupa, 6-day-old late pupa, 1-day-old early adult, 7-day-old late adult) were constructed. Totally, 12,259,974 raw reads were obtained, 7,116,806 mappable reads were remained and 2,175,311 high-quality miRNA reads were identified after the small RNA digitalisation analysis. At last, 1,447 unique miRNAs which contained 274 conserved miRNAs, 245 known candidate miRNAs and 927 novel miRNAs were identified.
Project description:Characterization of miRNAs in red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum by deep sequencing of two different RNA libraries. Sequencing of Tribolium small RNAs from adults and embryos.
Project description:Using a tiled whole-genome microarray, we found that 58.2% of Tribolium castaneum genes are maternally loaded into eggs. Comparison of known Drosophila melanogaster maternal genes to our results showed widespread conservation of maternal function with T. castaneum. We also found many T. castaneum genes with previously identified gender or tissue specific expression were also maternally loaded into eggs. The microarray design also allowed the detection of 2315 and 4060 novel transcriptionally active regions greater in length than 100 bp in unfertilized and fertilized T. castaneum eggs, respectively. The primary objective of this study was to identify expressed regions of the Tribolium castaneum genome in unfertilized and fertilized eggs using a whole-genome tiled microarray. The whole RNA of 3 samples of virgin laid eggs and 3 samples of fertilized eggs were compaired.
