Transcriptome Analysis of Androgenic Gland for Discovery of Novel Genes from the Oriental River Prawn Macrobrachium nipponense Using Illumina Hiseq 2000

摘要

BackgroundThe oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense, is an important aquaculture species in China, even in whole of Asia. The androgenic gland produces hormones that play crucial roles in sexual differentiation to maleness. This study is the first de novo M. nipponense transcriptome analysis using cDNA prepared from mRNA isolated from the androgenic gland. Illumina/Solexa was used for sequencing.