pyrosequences the haliotis diversicolor larval transcriptome
Haliotis diversicolor Transcriptome or Gene expression
Abalone animals not only are high-value fishery resources worldwide, but also are import models to study early development of marine invertebrates, especially settlement and metamorphosis. Short period (3-5 days) from fertilized egg to settlement of abalone involves quick histogenesis that distinguishes from relative slow developmental processes of model animals such as fruit fly, frog and mouse. Seven non-normalized transcriptomes of H. diversicolor that covered whole early developmental period from fertilized egg to postlarva were sequenced by 454-pyrosequencing. Two important data sets were obtained from these studies: one is the assembly gene sequences, the other is a collection containing relative expression levels of Top 600 most abundant genes in seven developmental stages. These data provides globe view on temporal dynamics of gene expression during the whole early developmental period of abalone.