Instrument: Illumina HiSeq 4000
Strategy: RNA-Seq
Source: TRANSCRIPTOMIC
Selection: cDNA
Layout: PAIRED
Construction protocol: Ticks were pulverized in liquid nitogen, then total RNA was extracted using Trizol reagent (Invitrogen, CA, USA) following the manufacturer's procedure. The total RNA quantity and purity were analysis of Bioanalyzer 2100 and RNA 6000 Nano LabChip Kit (Agilent, CA, USA) with RIN number >7.0. Poly(A) RNA was purified from total RNA(5ug) using poly-T oligo-attached magnetic beads by two rounds of purification. Then the left RNA was fragmented into small pieces using divalent cations under elevated temperature.The cleaved RNA fragments were reverse-transcribed to create the final cDNA library in accordance with the protocol for the TruSeq Stranded Total RNA HT Sample Prep Kit (Illumina, San Diego, USA).