De novo assembly of the dual transcriptomes of a polymorphic raptor species and its malarial parasite.
Pauli, Martina; Chakarov, Nayden; Rupp, Oliver; Kalinowski, Jörn, et al. (2015). De novo assembly of the dual transcriptomes of a polymorphic raptor species and its malarial parasite.. BMC Genomics, 16,
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Authors:
Pauli, Martina
;
Chakarov, Nayden
;
Rupp, Oliver
;
Kalinowski, Jörn
, et al.
Department:
MEMEG
Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab
Research Group:
Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab
Abstract:
Studies of non-model species are important for understanding the molecular processes underpinning phenotypic variation under natural ecological conditions. The common buzzard (Buteo buteo; Aves: Accipitriformes) is a widespread and common Eurasian raptor with three distinct plumage morphs that differ in several fitness-related traits, including parasite infestation. To provide a genomic resource for plumage polymorphic birds in general and to search for candidate genes relating to fitness, we generated a transcriptome from a single dead buzzard specimen plus easily accessible, minimally invasive samples from live chicks.
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