Transcriptome evidence provides insight into Hox gene regulating rolling behavior in oniscidea. Transcriptome evidence provides insight into Hox gene regulating rolling behavior in oniscidea

Behavior of rolling in oniscidea species had been reported as a sign to protect themselves to increase their survival rates, but the molecular mechanisms of rolling behaviors were still largely unknown. So we deeply characterized the molecular differences in rolling oniscidea samples and stretching oniscidea samples by transcriptome sequencing strategy (RNA-seq). Bulk RNA sequencing was performed with rolling and streching oniscidea samples. And our study suggests that Hox genes' expression levels could play an essential role in regulating neuron system development in oniscidea animals. Overall design: Bulk RNA-seq of rolling samples and stretching samples in oniscidea.