<it>De novo</it> transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>): genomic tools for an ecological model system
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Though genomic-level data are becoming widely available, many of the metazoan species sequenced are laboratory systems whose natural history is not well documented. In contrast, the wide array of species with very well-characterized...
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doaj-ea175026761f4920a7ffb1a26f1dc4fc2020-11-24T21:55:12ZengBMCBMC Genomics1471-21642012-07-0113130510.1186/1471-2164-13-305<it>De novo</it> transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>): genomic tools for an ecological model systemPeterson Mark PWhittaker Danielle JAmbreth ShruthiSureshchandra SuhasBuechlein AaronPodicheti RamChoi Jeong-HyeonLai ZhaoMockatis KeithanneColbourne JohnTang HaixuKetterson Ellen D<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Though genomic-level data are becoming widely available, many of the metazoan species sequenced are laboratory systems whose natural history is not well documented. In contrast, the wide array of species with very well-characterized natural history have, until recently, lacked genomics tools. It is now possible to address significant evolutionary genomics questions by applying high-throughput sequencing to discover the majority of genes for ecologically tractable species, and by subsequently developing microarray platforms from which to investigate gene regulatory networks that function in natural systems. We used GS-FLX Titanium Sequencing (Roche/454-Sequencing) of two normalized libraries of pooled RNA samples to characterize a transcriptome of the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>), a North American sparrow that is a classically studied species in the fields of photoperiodism, speciation, and hormone-mediated behavior.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>From a broad pool of RNA sampled from tissues throughout the body of a male and a female junco, we sequenced a total of 434 million nucleotides from 1.17 million reads that were assembled <it>de novo</it> into 31,379 putative transcripts representing 22,765 gene sets covering 35.8 million nucleotides with 12-fold average depth of coverage. Annotation of roughly half of the putative genes was accomplished using sequence similarity, and expression was confirmed for the majority with a preliminary microarray analysis. Of 716 core bilaterian genes, 646 (90 %) were recovered within our characterized gene set. Gene Ontology, orthoDB orthology groups, and KEGG Pathway annotation provide further functional information about the sequences, and 25,781 potential SNPs were identified.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The extensive sequence information returned by this effort adds to the growing store of genomic data on diverse species. The extent of coverage and annotation achieved and confirmation of expression, show that transcriptome sequencing provides useful information for ecological model systems that have historically lacked genomic tools. The junco-specific microarray developed here is allowing investigations of gene expression responses to environmental and hormonal manipulations – extending the historic work on natural history and hormone-mediated phenotypes in this system.</p> http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/305TranscriptomeAvespyrosequencingmicroarrayJunco454 titanium cDNA sequencingsingle nucleotide polymorphism. |
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Peterson Mark P Whittaker Danielle J Ambreth Shruthi Sureshchandra Suhas Buechlein Aaron Podicheti Ram Choi Jeong-Hyeon Lai Zhao Mockatis Keithanne Colbourne John Tang Haixu Ketterson Ellen D <it>De novo</it> transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>): genomic tools for an ecological model system BMC Genomics Transcriptome Aves pyrosequencing microarray Junco 454 titanium cDNA sequencing single nucleotide polymorphism. |
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<it>De novo</it> transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>): genomic tools for an ecological model system |
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<it>De novo</it> transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>): genomic tools for an ecological model system |
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<it>De novo</it> transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>): genomic tools for an ecological model system |
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<it>De novo</it> transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>): genomic tools for an ecological model system |
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<it>De novo</it> transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>): genomic tools for an ecological model system |
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<it>de novo</it> transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (<it>junco hyemalis</it>): genomic tools for an ecological model system |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Though genomic-level data are becoming widely available, many of the metazoan species sequenced are laboratory systems whose natural history is not well documented. In contrast, the wide array of species with very well-characterized natural history have, until recently, lacked genomics tools. It is now possible to address significant evolutionary genomics questions by applying high-throughput sequencing to discover the majority of genes for ecologically tractable species, and by subsequently developing microarray platforms from which to investigate gene regulatory networks that function in natural systems. We used GS-FLX Titanium Sequencing (Roche/454-Sequencing) of two normalized libraries of pooled RNA samples to characterize a transcriptome of the dark-eyed junco (<it>Junco hyemalis</it>), a North American sparrow that is a classically studied species in the fields of photoperiodism, speciation, and hormone-mediated behavior.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>From a broad pool of RNA sampled from tissues throughout the body of a male and a female junco, we sequenced a total of 434 million nucleotides from 1.17 million reads that were assembled <it>de novo</it> into 31,379 putative transcripts representing 22,765 gene sets covering 35.8 million nucleotides with 12-fold average depth of coverage. Annotation of roughly half of the putative genes was accomplished using sequence similarity, and expression was confirmed for the majority with a preliminary microarray analysis. Of 716 core bilaterian genes, 646 (90 %) were recovered within our characterized gene set. Gene Ontology, orthoDB orthology groups, and KEGG Pathway annotation provide further functional information about the sequences, and 25,781 potential SNPs were identified.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The extensive sequence information returned by this effort adds to the growing store of genomic data on diverse species. The extent of coverage and annotation achieved and confirmation of expression, show that transcriptome sequencing provides useful information for ecological model systems that have historically lacked genomic tools. The junco-specific microarray developed here is allowing investigations of gene expression responses to environmental and hormonal manipulations – extending the historic work on natural history and hormone-mediated phenotypes in this system.</p> |
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Transcriptome Aves pyrosequencing microarray Junco 454 titanium cDNA sequencing single nucleotide polymorphism. |
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