Characterization of transcriptional complexity during adipose tissue development in bovines of different ages and sexes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adipose tissue has long been recognized to play an extremely important role in development. In bovines, it not only serves a fundamental function but also plays a key role in the quality of beef and, consequently, has drawn much public attention. Age and sex are two key factors that affect the development of adipose tissue, and there has not yet been a global study detailing the effects of these two factors on expressional differences of adipose tissues.

Results

In this study, total RNA from the back fat of fetal bovines, adult bulls, adult heifers and adult steers were used to construct libraries for Illumina next-generation sequencing. We detected the expression levels of 12,233 genes, with over 3,000 differently expressed genes when comparing fetal and adult pa

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4077742 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature