Characterizing Milk Production Related Genes in Holstein Using RNA-seq.

ABSTRACT: Although the chemical, physical, and nutritional properties of bovine milk have been extensively studied, only a few studies have attempted to characterize milk-synthesizing genes using RNA-seq data. RNA-seq data was collected from 21 Holstein samples, along with group information about milk production ability; milk yield; and protein, fat, and solid contents. Meta-analysis was employed in order to generally characterize genes related to milk production. In addition, we attempted to investigate the relationship between milk related traits, parity, and lactation period. We observed that milk fat is highly correlated with lactation period; this result indicates that this effect should be considered in the model in order to accurately detect milk production related genes. By employing our dev

SUBMITTER: Seo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4811784 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature