RNA-sequencing revisited data shed new light on wooden breast myopathy.

ABSTRACT: Wooden Breast (WB) abnormality represents one of the major challenges that the poultry industry has faced in the last 10 years. Despite the enormous progress in understanding the mechanisms underlying WB, the precise initial causes remain to be clarified. In this scenario, the present research is intended to characterize the gene expression profiles of broiler Pectoralis major muscles affected by WB, comparing them to the unaffected counterpart, to provide new insights into the biological mechanisms underlying this defect and potentially identifying novel genes likely involved in its occurrence. To this purpose, data obtained in a previous study through the RNA-sequencing technology have been used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between 6 affected and 5 unaffected broiler

SUBMITTER: Bordini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11246058 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature