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Selection of reference genes for tissue/organ samples of adults of Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus

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  • Peng Gao
  • Jingzhen Wang
  • Junbao Wen

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Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus is an important wood-boring pest of Ailanthus altissima in China, where it causes a large number of these trees to weaken or even die. To identify genes related to economic traits or specific cellular processes in E. scrobiculatus, gene expression in multiple tissue/organ samples is commonly surveyed, and reference genes are required in this process as a control for normalization. In the present study, 18 candidate reference genes from E. scrobiculatus were identified, and the expression levels of these reference genes were estimated through quantitative real-time PCR. Differences in expression levels were analyzed with four algorithms (geNorm, NormFinder, BestKeeper and delta Ct) and comprehensively with RefFinder. With the most stable levels of expression in different tissues, RPL13, RPS3 and RPL36 were determined to be suitable for use as candidate reference genes. Moreover, the expression profile of one target gene (glycoside hydrolase family 45, GH45) confirmed the reliability of the selected candidate reference genes. This study provides the first set of suitable candidate reference genes for gene expression studies in E. scrobiculatus, and the findings will facilitate subsequent transcriptomics and functional gene research on this pest.

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  • Peng Gao & Jingzhen Wang & Junbao Wen, 2020. "Selection of reference genes for tissue/organ samples of adults of Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(2), pages 1-15, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0228308
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228308
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