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- Title
Transcriptome profiling for developmental stages Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis with focus on wing development and metamorphosis.
- Authors
Hwang, Jihye; Choi, Eun Hwa; Park, Bia; Kim, Gyeongmin; Shin, Chorong; Lee, Joon Ha; Hwang, Jae Sam; Hwang, Ui Wook
- Abstract
A white-spotted flower chafer Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis widely distributed in Asian countries is traditionally used in oriental medicine. This study explored gene expression abundance with respect to wing development and metamorphosis in P. b. seulensis based on the large-scale RNA-seq data. The transcriptome assembly consists of 23,551 high-quality transcripts which are approximately 96.7% covered. We found 265 wing development genes, 19 metamorphosis genes, and 1,314 candidates. Of the 1,598 genes, 1,594 are included exclusively in cluster 4 with similar gene co-expression patterns. The network centrality analyses showed that wing development- and metamorphosis-related genes have a high degree of betweenness centrality and are expressed most highly in eggs, moderately in pupa and adults, and lowest in larva. This study provides some meaningful clues for elucidating the genetic modulation mechanism of wing development and metamorphosis in P. b. seulensis.
- Subjects
TRANSCRIPTOMES; ASIAN medicine; METAMORPHOSIS; GENE expression
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2023, Vol 17, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0277815