Comparison of Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata cells of opposite mating type above and below the sexualization size threshold
The marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata has a heterothallic life cycle, with two opposite mating types (MTs). As many diatoms, P. multistriata cells undergo cell size reduction at each mitotic division. Young, large cells above a certain size threshold are unable to reproduce sexually, they have to reach a critical size called sexualization size threshold (SST) and below this SST become capable to undergo meiosis, when encountering a cell of opposite MT. This experiment aims to provide a transcriptomic dataset which includes data from cells of different size (below and above the SST) and of different MT, to characterize the gene regulatory network involved in the sexualization process.
The marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata has a heterothallic life cycle, with two opposite mating types (MTs). As many diatoms, P. multistriata cells undergo cell size reduction at each mitotic division. Young, large cells above a certain size threshold are unable to reproduce sexually, they have to reach a critical size called sexualization size threshold (SST) and below this SST become capable to undergo meiosis, when encountering a cell of opposite MT. This experiment aims to provide a transcriptomic dataset which includes data from cells of different size (below and above the SST) and of different MT, to characterize the gene regulatory network involved in the sexualization process.
European Bioinformatics Institute