Early postmortem gene expression and its relationship to composition and quality traits in pig Longissimus dorsi muscle

ABSTRACT: A mRNA expression study has been performed 20-25 minutes postmortem obtained samples from Longissimus dorsi muscle of 59 Duroc x LD/LW pigs to search for gene sequences related to meat quality (pH24, pH45, “Lab” colour coordinates, curing yield and exudation at three different times) or to meat composition (intramuscular fat, content of several fatty acid (C16:0, C18:0, C18:1 and C18:2), ratio of saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, and protein and humidity contents) traits in order to find targets for selection. Gene ontology analysis, biological pathways and gene networks studies all show, that many more differentially expressed genes (506 vs 279) are related to meat quality (Group P, or perimortem characters) than to meat composition traits (Group L, or whole li

ORGANISM(S): Sus scrofa

SUBMITTER: angela canovas 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32179 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress