GEO DataSets

(Submitter supplied) Common bottlenose dolphins serve as sentinels for the health of their coastal environments as they are susceptible to health impacts from anthropogenic inputs through both direct exposure and food web magnification. Remote biopsy samples have been widely used to reveal contaminant burdens in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, but do not address the health consequences of this exposure. To gain insight into whether remote biopsies can also identify health impacts associated with contaminant burdens, we employed RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to interrogate the transcriptomes of remote skin biopsies from 116 bottlenose dolphins from the northern Gulf of Mexico and southeastern U.S. more...

Organism:

Tursiops truncatus

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL21538

116 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) As apex predators, cetaceans are recognized as sentinels for the health of marine ecosystems. The ability to identify the impacts of anthropogenic contamination on the health of a species requires long term monitoring to establish baseline health parameters. This makes health measurements that can be sampled from free ranging animals highly desirable. In the current study, we investigate the utility of skin gene expression profiling to monitor the physiological, health, and contaminant exposure status in bottlenose dolphins. more...

Organism:

Tursiops truncatus

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL18797

94 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Whole blood was collected as part of monthly veterinary checkups of bottlenose dolphins housed at Dolphing Quest in Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA. Gene expression from 5 samples was analyzed for comparison to the blood transcriptome of the beluga whale.

Organism:

Tursiops truncatus

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL21538

5 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Four captive bottlenose dolpins housed in Kona, Hawaii, were serially sampled at approximately monthly intervals over the course of one year, in order to establish baseline information on the content and variation of the dolphin blood transcriptome.

Organism:

Tursiops truncatus

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL21538

31 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) To assess the impact of emerging contaminats on dolphin transcriptome

Organism:

Tursiops truncatus

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL17696

8 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Archived blood samples collected during common bottlenose dolphin health assessments in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2013 to 2018 were analyzed by RNA-seq to support and enhance the assessment of animal health. The transcriptomic data were analyzed in conjunction with the substantial pool of health and environmental data collected during health assessments to investigate the utility of transcriptomic data in overall assessment of dolphin health and/or as markers of specific health concerns.

Organism:

Tursiops truncatus

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL27600

76 Samples

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