Coptotermes formosanus

RNA-Seq of Coptotermes formosanus: mixed castes

Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki is one of the most destructive wood-feeding termites. In order to obtain a more complete transcriptome for reference, a C. formosanus cDNA library was constructed using mixed RNA isolated from larva-workers, mature workers, pre-soldiers, mature soldiers, alates, and replacement reproductives. Based on the Illumina sequencing platform, the sequencing of this library generated 11,510,702 clean reads and 189,421 assembled unigenes.

{'sex': 'pooled male and female', 'temp': '24', 'tissue': 'whole organism', 'isolate': 'worker, soldier, alate, replacement reproductive', 'lat_lon': '23.07 N 113.36000000 E', 'altitude': '1 m', 'dev_stage': 'larva-worker, mature worker, pre-soldier, mature soldier, alate, replacement reproductive', 'env_biome': 'nest of termite', 'collected_by': 'Zhang Shijun, Li Zhiqiang', 'geo_loc_name': 'China: Guangdong, Guangzhou, Guangzhou International Biotech Island', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2014-12', 'isolation_source': 'blocks of pine wood', 'host_tissue_sampled': 'termite', 'biomaterial_provider': 'Research Institute of Insect Sociobiology and Termite Control'}

RNA-Seq of Coptotermes formosanus: Larvae, Soldiers, Workers, reproductives, Nymph

Library preparation according to NEXTflex Rapid Directional mRNA-seq kit

{'tissue': 'whole body', 'dev_stage': 'Larvae, Soldiers, Workers, reproductives, Nymph', 'geo_loc_name': 'Germany: Labstock, Berlin', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2017', 'biomaterial_provider': 'Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)'}