A web application for gene-based queries of CaeNDR RNA-seq data

TL;DR

This paper introduces a web tool that allows researchers to explore gene expression data from 208 wild C. elegans strains.

Contribution

The novel contribution is a user-friendly web application for querying RNA-seq data from the CaeNDR project.

Findings

The web application provides RNA-seq data for 208 wild C. elegans strains.

It enables researchers to investigate gene expression and its variation at specific genes of interest.

The tool is intended to enhance understanding of gene function and strain diversity in C. elegans.

Abstract

Variation in gene expression is a feature of all living systems and has recently been characterized extensively among wild strains of the model organism
Caenorhabditis elegans.
To enable researchers to query gene expression and gene expression variation at any gene of interest, we have created a user-friendly web application that shares RNA-seq transcription data for 208 wild
C. elegans
strains generated by the
Caenorhabditis
Natural Diversity Resource (CaeNDR). Here, we describe the features of the web application and the details of the data and data processing underlying it. We hope that this website,
wildworm.biosci.gatech.edu/cendrexp/
, will help
C. elegans
researchers better understand their favorite genes and strains.

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