Global tissue transcriptomic analysis to unravel skin pigmentation in goldfish

Goldfish is an
ornamental fish with diverse phenotypes. However, the limited genomic resources
of goldfish hamper our understanding of the genetic basis for its phenotypic
diversity. To provide enriched genomic resources and infer possible mechanisms
underlying skin pigmentation, we performed a large-scale transcriptomic
sequencing on 13 adult goldfish tissues, larvae at one or three days post hatch
(dph), and skin tissues with four different color pigmentation. A total of 25.52 Gb and
149.80
Gb clean
data were obtained using the PacBio and Illumina platforms, respectively.