Aiptasia smRNA aposymbiotic
Small RNA were sampled from Aiptasia anemones at different states of infection with their natural endosymbiont Symbiodinium minutum (strain SSB01). Anemones were sampled in an aposymbiotic state (without endosymbionts), at an intermediate state, 12 days post infection (p.i.) and with a stable endosymbiont population (30 days p.i.) with four replicates per time point. Total RNA was enriched for small RNA using the miRVana kit and libraries were prepared using the Illumina small RNA sample prep kit.