Anguilla Anguilla transcriptome. Anguilla anguilla

This study represents the first transcriptome analysis for a critically endangered species. EeelBase, a dedicated database of annotated transcriptome sequences of the European eel is freely available at http://compgen.bio.unipd.it/eeelbase. Considering the multiple factors potentially involved in the decline of the European eel, including anthropogenic factors such as pollution and human-introduced diseases, our results will provide a rich source of data to discover and identify new genes, characterize gene expression, as well as for identification of genetic markers scattered across the genome to be used in various applications.

本研究为针对极危物种的首例转录组（transcriptome）分析。EeelBase是一款面向欧洲鳗鲡的注释转录组序列专属数据库，可通过http://compgen.bio.unipd.it/eeelbase免费获取。鉴于欧洲鳗鲡种群衰退涉及多种潜在影响因素，其中包括污染、人类引入性疾病等人为因素，本研究结果将为新基因的发掘与鉴定、基因表达特征解析，以及全基因组分布的遗传标记识别（可应用于各类研究场景）提供丰富的数据资源。