De Novo assembly and annotation of the larval transcriptome of two spadefoot toads widely divergent in developmental rate

Amphibians are highly vulnerable and diverse vertebrates for which we still have modest genomic resources. Amphibian larvae are key components of continental wetlands, where they have strong influences on energy fluxes, nutrient cycling, and community structure. Amphibian larvae are highly sensitive...

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Autores: Liedtke, H. Christoph, Gómez Garrido, Jèssica, Esteve-Codina, Anna, Gut, Marta, Alioto, Tyler, Gomez-Mestre, Ivan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/42508
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/42508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400389
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Amphibian development
Amphibian transcriptomes
Cross-species comparisons
Developmental plasticity
Developmental rate
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Sumario:Amphibians are highly vulnerable and diverse vertebrates for which we still have modest genomic resources. Amphibian larvae are key components of continental wetlands, where they have strong influences on energy fluxes, nutrient cycling, and community structure. Amphibian larvae are highly sensitive to environmental conditions and can often alter their physiology, behavior and even morphology in response to the local conditions experienced, although we still know relatively little about the transcriptomic changes that enable such plasticity. Here we contribute the larval transcriptomes of two spadefoot toad species with divergent developmental rates and degree of developmental plasticity in response to pond drying.