Transcriptional Profiling of the Anterior Pituitary Gland of Genetically Selected Fat and Lean Chickens

ABSTRACT: Chickens divergently selected for either high abdominal fat content (fat genotype) or low abdominal fat content (lean genotype) at SRA-INRA, France were used to profile pituitary gland gene expression during juvenile development (1 to 7 weeks of age) and to identify differentially expressed genes associated with genotype and age. The fat line (FL) and lean line (LL) chickens are different in various phenotypic and metabolic measurements, including abdominal fatness, plasma glycemia, and T3. The FL and LL chickens represent unique models for characterizing biomedical and agricultural traits. The Del-Mar 14K Chicken Integrated Systems microarrays were used for a transcriptional scan in the pituitary gland during juvenile development using a reference design for the hybridization of total RNA

ORGANISM(S): Gallus gallus

SUBMITTER: Tom Porter 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-26584 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress