Journal
BMC GENETICS
Volume 20, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12863-019-0716-1
Keywords
Transcriptome; Ovary development; Genetic network
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- Agriculture Research System of Shanghai, China [201804]
- Shanghai Agriculture Applied Technology Development Program, China [G2017-02-08-00-10-F00076]
- Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Programs, China [16391905300, 13DZ2251800]
- Leading Agricultural Talents in Shanghai Project, China [D-8004-16-0217]
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BackgroundSexual precocity is a common biological phenomenon in animal species. A large number of precocity individuals were identified in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis, which caused huge economic loss annually. However, the underlying genetic basis of precocity in E. sinensis remains unclear to date.ResultsIn this study, morphological and histological observation and comparative transcriptome analysis were conducted among different stages of precocious one-year-old and normal two-year-old sexually mature E. sinensis. The expression profiles ofthe ovary, hepatopancreas, and eyestalk tissues were presented and compared. Genes associated with lipid metabolic process, lipid transport, vitelline membrane formation, vitelline synthesis, and neuropeptide hormone-related genes were upregulated in the ovary, hepatopancreas, and eyestalk of precocious E. sinensis. Our results indicated that the eyestalk was involved in the neuroendocrine system providing neuropeptide hormones that may induce vitellogenesis in the hepatopancreas and further stimulate ovary development. The hepatopancreas is a site for energy storage and vitellogenin synthesis, and it may assist oogenesis through lipid transport in precocious E. sinensis.ConclusionWe provided not only an effective and convenient phenotype measurement method for the identification of potential precocious E. sinensis detection but also valuable genetic resources and novel insights into the molecular mechanism of precocity in E. sinensis. The genetic basis of precocity in E. sinensis is an integrated gene regulatory network of eyestalk, hepatopancreas, and ovary tissues.
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