Dataset from RNAseq analysis of differential gene expression among developmental stages of two non-marine ostracodes
Miguel Vences,
Sten Anslan,
Joana Sabino-Pinto,
Mauricio Bonilla-Flores,
Paula Echeverría-Galindo,
Uwe John,
Benneth Nass,
Liseth Pérez,
Michaela Preick,
Liping Zhu,
Antje Schwalb
Affiliations
Miguel Vences
Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany; Corresponding author.
Sten Anslan
Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Juhan Liivi 2, 50409 Tartu, Estonia; Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Joana Sabino-Pinto
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands
Mauricio Bonilla-Flores
Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Paula Echeverría-Galindo
Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Uwe John
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Benneth Nass
Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Liseth Pérez
Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Michaela Preick
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Liping Zhu
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Lincui Road, Beijing 100101, China
Antje Schwalb
Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
We contribute transcriptomic data for two species of Ostracoda, an early-diverged group of small-sized pancrustaceans. Data include new reference transcriptomes for two asexual non-marine species (Dolerocypris sinensis and Heterocypris aff. salina), as well as single-specimen transcriptomic data that served to analyse gene expression across four developmental stages in D. sinensis. Data are evaluated by computing gene expression profiles of the different developmental stages which consistently placed eggs and small larvae (at the stage of instar A-8) similar to each other, and apart from adults which were distinct from all other developmental stages but closest to large larvae (instar A-4). We further evaluated the transcriptomic data with two newly sequenced low-coverage genomes of the target species. The new data thus document the feasibility of obtaining reliable transcriptomic data from single specimens – even eggs – of these small metazoans.
