Transcriptome of the hindgut of Aedes aegypti wild type females fed on sucrose ad libitum

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are efficient vectors of human disease including Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya. After taking a blood meal, proteins from the blood are broken down into amino acids that are essential for egg development and growth. We have discovered a novel role for a neuropeptide receptor in the hindgut that coordinates blood utilization. The hindgut is not a tissue normally implicated in blood digestion, therefore we conducted RNA-seq profiling of the hindgut in wild type females to obtain a transcriptomic profile of these tissues in non-blood fed conditions. RNA-seq profiling of the hindgut of wild type 5-15 day old Aedes aegypti female mosquitoes fed on sucrose ad libitum