RNA-Seq Analysis Revealed circRNAs and Genes Associated with Abdominal Fat Deposition in Ducks.

ABSTRACT: Fat deposition is an important factor affecting meat quality and feed conversion efficiency in meat ducks. This study aims to identify key circRNAs and genes affecting abdominal fat deposition. The correlations between abdominal fat and other growth performances were analyzed in 304 F₂ generation of Cherry Valley duck Runzhou Crested White ducks, and an RNA-seq analysis of abdominal fat tissues from ducks with high and low rates of abdominal fat was performed. Growth performance results showed that Abdominal fat ratio and Intramuscular fat were significantly higher in the high rates of abdominal fat (HF)group than in the low rates of abdominal fat (LF) group for ducks. RNA-seq analysis of abdominal fat tissue unveiled 85 upregulated and 72 downregulated circRNAs among the differ

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812634 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature