The dynamic transcriptional landscape of the early chick embryo. Gallus gallus breed:white leghorn

Defining the dynamic transcriptome of the early embryo at high resolution would assist greatly in understanding vertebrate development. The chicken embryo is a long-established model system for vertebrate embryological studies, and, in combination with advanced single-molecule long-read isoform sequencing (Iso-Seq) technology, enables the dynamic transcription landscape of early vertebrate development to be studied in detail. We have generated large transcriptomic profiles reflecting the time course of chicken embryonic development from day 1 to day 8 of incubation: a period encompassing, gastrulation, somitogenesis and organogenesis.