Long SAGE analysis of genes differentially expressed in the midgut and silk gland between the sexes of the silkworm Bombyx mori

摘要

There are great differences in silk production efficiency and quality between the male and female domestic silkworm (Bombyx mori). Many genes act together but are differentially expressed between the sexes during silk biosynthesis. Two long serial analyses of gene expression (SAGE) libraries were constructed from the midguts and silk glands of both males and females of a sex-limited strain using 5th?instar larvae, yielding in total 96,713 and 98,126 SAGE tags, respectively. Among these tags, 202 were analyzed (p