Zebrafish_olfactory_transcriptomics-sc-2013-08-12T10:32:48Z-2742
Zebrafish_olfactory_transcriptomics
High-throughput sequencing of olfactory tissues of adult male zebrafish.  This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/datasharing/
The olfactory gene repertoire is largely species-specific, shaped by the nature and necessity of chemosensory information for survival in each species' niche. The relative expression of olfactory receptors can be quantified by RNA sequencing. We investigated the olfactory transcriptome of zebrafish because : i) of its phylogenetic location in the vertebrate tree, ii) it has only one olfactory organ (yet it has representatives of all the mammalian chemosensory receptor families), iii) its biology is well known, iv) is a commonly used model organism, and it is suitable for subsequent functional analysis.