Acute exposure to mercury drives changes in gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster
Brian J. Sanderson,
Dylan J. Sims-West,
Stuart J. Macdonald
Abstract:Objective
We quantified the effect of acute exposure to a high dosage of inorganic mercury on gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster using RNA-sequencing of whole adult females.
Results
We found 119 genes with higher gene expression following treatment (including all 5 Drosophila metallothionine genes and a number of heat shock protein genes), and 31 with lower expression (several of which are involved in egg formation). Our results highlight b… Show more
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