TY - JOUR AU - Chen, Yaqing AU - Ou, Jun AU - Liu, Yucheng AU - Wu, Qiong AU - Wen, Liang AU - Zheng, Sichun AU - Li, Sheng AU - Feng, Qili AU - Liu, Lin PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/19 TI - Transcriptomic analysis of the testicular fusion in Spodoptera litura JO - BMC Genomics SP - 171 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Lepidoptera is one group of the largest plant-feeding insects and Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is one of the most serious agricultural pests in Asia countries. An interesting and unique phenomenon for gonad development of Lepidoptera is the testicular fusion. Two separated testes fused into a single one during the larva-to-pupa metamorphosis, which is believed to contribute to sperm production and the prevalence in field. To study the molecular mechanism of the testicular fusion, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments of the testes from 4-day-old sixth instar larvae (L6D4) (before fusion), 6-day-old sixth instar larvae (L6D6, prepupae) (on fusing) and 4-day-old pupae (P4D) (after fusion) of S. litura were performed. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6494-3 DO - 10.1186/s12864-020-6494-3 ID - Chen2020 ER -