GEO DataSets

(Submitter supplied) The comparison of transcriptome profiles among populations is a powerful tool for investigating the role of gene expression change in adaptation to new environments. In this study, we use massively parallel sequencing of 39 cDNAs obtained from large samples of adult males, to compare a population of Drosophila simulans from a natural reserve within its ancestral range (eastern Africa) with a derived population collected in the strongly anthropized Rhone valley (France). more...

Organism:

Drosophila simulans

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL17484

4 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Background: Changes in gene regulation are thought to be crucial for the adaptation of organisms to their environment. Transcriptome analyses can be used to identify candidate genes for ecological adaptation, but can be complicated by variation in gene expression between tissues, sexes, or individuals. Here we use high-throughput RNA sequencing of a single Drosophila melanogaster tissue to detect brain-specific differences in gene expression between the sexes and between two populations, one from the ancestral species range in sub-Saharan Africa and one from the recently colonized species range in Europe. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

8 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Transcriptome analysis may provide means to investigate the underlying genetic causes of shared and divergent phenotypes in different populations and help to identify potential targets of adaptive evolution. Applying RNA sequencing to whole male Drosophila melanogaster from the ancestral tropical African environment and a very recently colonized cold-temperate European environment at both standard laboratory conditions and following a cold shock, we seek to uncover the transcriptional basis of cold adaptation. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

64 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Background: Differences in levels of gene expression among individuals are an important source of phenotypic variation within populations. Recent microarray studies have revealed that expression variation is abundant in many species, including Drosophila melanogaster. However, previous expression surveys in this species generally focused on a small number of laboratory strains established from derived populations. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL3830

80 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) To investigate the effect of sex on within- and between-population variation in gene expression, we performed a microarray analysis of adult females from 16 strains of Drosophila melanogaster, including eight strains from the putative ancestral range in sub-Saharan Africa and eight strains from a European population. The results were compared to those of a previous study of adult male gene expression variation among the same strains (GSE8843).

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL3603

56 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) Background Antennae of fruit flies are the major organs responsible for detecting environmental volatiles, e.g., egg-laying substrates. An adult antenna contains many sensilla full of olfactory sensory neurons, where olfactory receptor (Or) genes are expressed. Each sensory neuron only expresses up to three receptors, making it difficult to estimate expression levels by conventional methods. In this study, we applied Illumina RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to study the expression levels of Or and other genes in fly antennae. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

2 Samples

Download data: FPKM_TRACKING

(Submitter supplied) Drosophila simulans relies exclusively on the fruits of Morinda citrifolia, which are toxic to most insects, including its sibling species D. melanogaster and D. simulans. Although several odorant binding protein (Obp) genes and olfactory receptor (Or) genes were suggested to be associated with the D. simulans host shift, a broad view of how chemosensory genes have contributed to this shift is still lacking. more...

Organism:

Drosophila simulans

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13306

6 Samples

Download data: FPKM_TRACKING

(Submitter supplied) Drosophila sechellia relies exclusively on the fruits of Morinda citrifolia, which are toxic to most insects, including its sibling species D. melanogaster and D. simulans. Although several odorant binding protein (Obp) genes and olfactory receptor (Or) genes were suggested to be associated with the D. sechellia host shift, a broad view of how chemosensory genes have contributed to this shift is still lacking. more...

Organism:

Drosophila sechellia

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL20000

6 Samples

Download data: FPKM_TRACKING

(Submitter supplied) Drosophila sechellia relies exclusively on the fruits of Morinda citrifolia, which are toxic to most insects, including its sibling species D. melanogaster and D. simulans. Although several odorant binding protein (Obp) genes and olfactory receptor (Or) genes were suggested to be associated with the D. sechellia host shift, a broad view of how chemosensory genes have contributed to this shift is still lacking. more...

Organism:

Drosophila sechellia

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL20000

6 Samples

Download data: FPKM_TRACKING

(Submitter supplied) We used RNA-seq to investigate gene expression variation in Malpighian tubules, which have a function analogous to that of human kidneys. In order to characterize population differentiation, we sequenced the Malpighian tubule transcriptomes of flies derived from two populations, one from sub-Saharan Africa (Zimbabwe) and one from Europe (the Netherlands). Males and females were examined separately. Overall, we found a high amount of differential expression between sexes (2,308 genes) and populations (2,474 genes). Although most of the differentially expressed genes were consistent between sexes and populations, there were 615 genes showed sex-biased expression in only one population and 557 genes showed population-biased expression in only one sex.

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

8 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Even after decades of living in the same laboratory environment two Drosophila melanogaster strains originating from North America (Canton-S) and Central Russia (D18) demonstrate a few differentially expressed genes some of which may be important for local adaptation (e.g. genes responsible for insecticide resistance). Genes with different level of expression between Canton-S and D18 strains belong to important metabolic pathways, for instance energy metabolism, carbohydrate metabolic process, locomotion, body temperature rhythm regulation and tracheal network architecture. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL1322

6 Samples

Download data: CEL, CHP