期刊
MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 22, 期 3, 页码 423-432出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-020-09962-7
关键词
Sex-specific genes; Transcriptome sequencing; Sex-linked genes; Litopenaeus vannamei
资金
- Joint NSFC-ISF Research Program [3181101109]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFD0901301]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA24030105]
- China Agriculture Research System [48]
In order to learn the sex determination and differentiation process in shrimp, we performed sex-specific transcriptome sequencing of the Zoea I larvae in Litopenaeus vannamei (L. vannamei) using a DNA/RNA co-extraction method. The sex-specific genes and the sex-linked SNPs were identified. De novo assembly of all the clean reads generated 41,270 unigenes with an average length of 1026 bp and an N50 of 1922 bp. A total of 60 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between females and males at Zoea I stage were obtained, in which 41 unigenes had annotations. DEGs that might be related to sex development in L. vannamei were analyzed. Besides, paralogous genes of some known sex-related genes in model organisms such as sex-lethal (Sxl) showed no sex-biased difference, which indicated they may not play roles in sex development at Zoea I stage. Candidate sex-linked SNPs were validated in six populations of L. vannamei, and SNPs in Unigene0020898 and Unigene0020336 were fully linked to genders, suggesting the two genes located in the sex-determining region of L. vannamei. Our report provided the sex-specific gene expression in early developmental stage of L. vannamei, and found some sex-biased genes that may participate in the sex development process. We also detected two sex-linked genes which may be located in the sex determination region of L. vannamei through bulked segregant analysis, and the SNPs on these genes also provided a method for genetic sex identification at transcriptional level. Our findings will facilitate further researches on molecular mechanism of sex determination and differentiation in shrimps.
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