Project description:Comparisons of gene expression profiles between testis and ovary of juvenile and wild brooders were made through a cDNA microarray in the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Differentially expressed genes were identified through the microarray analysis, and the microarray results were confirmed by real-time PCR. Selected genes were further characterized.
Project description:We sequenced complementary DNA created from white muscle messenger RNA in juvenile blue rockfish and performed a differential gene expression analysis to describe the fishes' responses to the global change-related stressors of high pCO2 (low pH) and hypoxia (low dissolved oxygen, DO). To examine gene expression over ecologically realistic timescales that emulate the duration of spring upwelling events in the California Current ecosystem, we collected and sequenced samples after 12 h, 24 h and two weeks of exposure to four treatments: control (pH≈8.0, pCO2≈400μatm, DO≈8 mg/L), high pCO2 (pH≈7.6, pCO2≈1200μatm, DO≈8 mg/L), hypoxic (pH≈8.0, pCO2≈400μatm, DO≈4 mg/L), and combined high pCO2/hypoxic (pH≈7.6, pCO2≈1200μatm, DO≈4 mg/L).
Project description:Comparisons of gene expression profiles between testis and ovary of juvenile and wild brooders were made through a cDNA microarray in the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Differentially expressed genes were identified through the microarray analysis, and the microarray results were confirmed by real-time PCR. Selected genes were further characterized. A cDNA microarray was constructed from the EST libraries of P. monodon, consisting of 5,568 features. RNA samples were extracted from both testes and ovaries of pooled juveniles (4 month-old, pooled from n=114 ), individual juvenile and broodstocks from West sides of Thailand. The RNA from ovaries were labeled with Cy3 dye as a reference and those of testes were labeled with Cy5 dye.
Project description:We used a reference design with a dye swap. We used 6 experimental probes grouped by treatment and sample day. "Treatment" fish consisted of rockfish exposed to forced decompression resulting in barotrauma, followed by subsequent recompression to their original depth. Control fish did not experience forced decompression. Fish were sampled at day 3, day 15 and day 31 post-decompression.
