Differentially expressed genes from two groups of Tribolium castaneum selected for short or long duration of death feigning behaviour

The dataset presented here consists of a spreadsheet in Excel .xlsx format, containing information on differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from two groups of the red flour beetle, <i>Tribolium castaneum</i>; one selected for a short duration (S) and the other a long duration (L) of death feigning antipredator behaviour.<br>An RNA-seq analysis was performed on the S and L strains of <i>T. castaneum </i>to elucidate the relationship between gene expression and differences in death feigning behaviour. cDNA sequencing was performed using the Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform. Approximately 90% of the clean reads obtained were mapped to the Tcas5.2 reference genome, and further analysis revealed 518 DEGs between the L and S strains. Information on the DEGs identified is presented here in the file <b>death-feigning-degs.xlsx</b>. The information provided is as follows:<br><b>LOC name</b> - Gene symbol for the gene identified<b>Region </b>- Genomic region of the gene identified<b>Gene ID</b> - ID of the gene identified<b>Description</b> - Gene description<b>FPKM for L</b> - Fragments Per Kilobase per Million mapped reads value for the L strain<b>FPKM for S</b> - Fragments Per Kilobase per Million mapped reads value for the S strain<b>log2(Fold change+1)</b><br><b>p-value</b><b>FDR</b> - False Discovery Rate<br>These results are further discussed and presented in the figures of the accompanying paper.