Project description:Lizards cannot naturally regenerate limbs but are the closest known relatives of mammals capable of epimorphic tail regrowth. However, the mechanisms regulating lizard blastema derivation and chondrogenesis remain unclear. We utilized single-cell RNA sequencing analyses of regenerating lizard tails throughout the course of regeneration to assess diversity and heterogeneity in regeneating tail cell populations.
Project description:Abstract: The Kinetoplastida (Euglenozoa) are unicellular flagellates that include the trypanosomatid parasites, most notably Trypanosoma brucei, T.cruzi and Leishmania spp. These organisms cause substantial mortality and morbidity in humans and their livestock worldwide as the causative agents of African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis respectively. Draft genome sequences are available for several species of both Trypanosoma and Leishmania. Bodo saltans is a free-living heterotroph found worldwide in freshwater and marine habitats, and it is among the closest bodonid relatives of the trypanosomatids. The purpose of a B. saltans genome sequence is to provide an 'out-group' for comparative genomic analysis of the trypanosomatid parasites. It will provide a model of the ancestral trypanosomatid to distinguish those derived parts of the parasite genomes (i.e., unique trypanosomatid adaptations) from those which are a legacy of the free-living ancestor. To aid annotation of the B.saltans genome sequence, total genomic RNA was extracted on four occasions from the total cellular mass of 160ml of B.saltans cell culture, for the purposes of transcription profiling by high throughput sequencing. Cells were unmodified. B.saltans cells were grown in water at 4oC. Total genomic RNA was extracted from a cell pellet using TRIZOL reagent and ethanol precipitated. Poly A+ mRNA was purified from total RNA using oligo dT dyna bead selection and libraries were created using the Illumina RNA-seq protocol. The samples were sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 2000. This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/datasharing/