Molecular Mechanism of Autolysis in Perinereis aibuhitensis

Perinereis aibuhitensis belongs to Annelida, Polychaeta, and mainly lives in intertidal zones along the coast of China and several Southeast Asian countries. The P. aibuhitensis has a similar autolysis phenomenon to sea cucumbers, both of which belong to pre death autolysis. This study aimed to investigate the autolysis pathway and reveal the autolysis mechanisms of Perinereis aibuhitensis. The second-generation transcriptomes of the P. aibuhitensis at different stages of autolysis were sequenced and analyzed and the authenticity of the transcriptomic data were verified by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (RT-PCR).