In search of epigenetic marks in testes and sperm cells of differentially fed boars [RNA-Seq]

ABSTRACT: We investigated the nutritional effects on gene expression in sperm cells of F0 boars from a three generation Large White pig feeding experiment. A group of experimental (E) F0 boars were fed a standard diet supplemented with high amounts of methylating micronutrients whereas a control (C) group of F0 boars received a standard diet. These differentially fed F0 boars sired F1 boars which then sired 60 F2 pigs which were investigated in a previous study. The aim of this study was to investigate if the nutrition affects gene expression in sperm cells of differentially fed boars and thus carry information in the form of RNA molecules to the next generation. Four RNA samples from sperm cells of these differentially fed boars were analyzed by RNA-Seq methodology. We found no differential RNA exp

ORGANISM(S): Sus scrofa

SUBMITTER: Martin Braunschweig 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48777 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress