Transcriptome profiling of Artemia cyst in in diapause stage and 5 hours after embryonic diapause termination
Embryonic diapause is a widely occurring evolutionary adaptation phenomenon in animals. Artemia is one of the classic animal models for diapause research. The current studies of Artemia diapause mainly focus on the induction and maintenance of the embryonic diapause, but there is little research on the molecular regulatory mechanism of Artemia embryonic diapause termination (EDT) and embryonic reactivation. Here the gene expression of Artemia cyst in diapause stage and 5 hours after embryonic diapause termination (EDT), which is in post-diapause stage were tested by RNA-seq to analyze the mechanism of signal regulation involved in Artemia EDT at the molecular level. Overall design: The mRNA expression of Artemia cyst in diapause stage and 5 hours after embryonic diapause termination (EDT) with the Illumina high-throughput sequencing technology by Novogene Inc.The DEGs were analyzed especially the DEGs related to signaling transduction.