Vitellogenesis in Blue Gourami is Accompanied by Brain Transcriptome Changes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. RNA-Seq
2.2. qRT-PCR
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Fish and Sampling Procedure
4.2. Histological Analysis
4.3. RNA Extraction
4.4. Library Construction, Illumina Sequencing and Transcriptome Assembly
4.5. Functional Annotation
4.6. Gene Expression and Differentially Expressed Genes
4.7. Quantitative RT-PCR
4.8. Statistical Analysis
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Degani, G.; Alon, A.; Hajouj, A.; Meerson, A. Vitellogenesis in Blue Gourami is Accompanied by Brain Transcriptome Changes. Fishes 2019, 4, 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes4040054
Degani G, Alon A, Hajouj A, Meerson A. Vitellogenesis in Blue Gourami is Accompanied by Brain Transcriptome Changes. Fishes. 2019; 4(4):54. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes4040054
Chicago/Turabian StyleDegani, Gad, Amir Alon, Akram Hajouj, and Ari Meerson. 2019. "Vitellogenesis in Blue Gourami is Accompanied by Brain Transcriptome Changes" Fishes 4, no. 4: 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes4040054