Transcriptomic analysis of claw regeneration in the Australian Redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus

RNASeq analysis of tissues taken from 6 stages of claw regeneration in adult females. The regeneration process was separated into six stages: Stage 1- post autotomy with no observable growth; Stage 2 - emergence of an unsegmented papilla; Stage 3 - beginnings of segmentation with a closed dactyl; Stage 4 - almost fully segmented half-size limb immediately premoult; Stage 5 - a full-sized postmoult limb with fully segmented but soft cuticle; and Stage 6 - the cuticle-hardened intermoult limb (15-21 days postmoult). Stages 2 to 5 each have four replicates, Stages 1 and 6 have three replicates.