# A transcriptome sequence dataset characterizing eggs, nymphs and adults of Oxycarenus hyalinipennis, the cotton seed bug

## TL;DR

This paper presents a transcriptome dataset for the cotton seed bug, providing insights into its gene expression across life stages to aid in pest control and genomic studies.

## Contribution

The study provides the first transcriptomic resource for Oxycarenus hyalinipennis, enabling future functional and genomic research.

## Key findings

- A total of 13,384 differentially expressed genes were identified across life stages.
- 40,871 distinct transcripts were encoded, with 18,842 annotated using NCBI NR database.
- Transcripts were also annotated with Pfam and GO terms, supporting functional genomics research.

## Abstract

The cotton seed bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis, is an agricultural pest that has recently been detected in the United States and has the potential to cause extensive economic damage to the cotton production industry. Currently, there are no transcriptomic resources for this species. The data reported here will serve to help guide future efforts to create additional reference resources as well as facilitate the development of population control strategies. These data could also be of use towards identifying protein coding genes in a cotton seed bug genome assembly. A total of 13,384 differentially expressed genes was identified, which collectively encoded 40,871 distinct transcripts, of which 18,842 could be annotated with a reference protein in the NCBI NR database, 13,233 with Pfam protein families and 8,089 with GO Gene Ontology terms. These transcripts could, for example, be targeted for future functional genomics work.