Immediate and long-term transcriptional response of hind muscle tissue to transient variation of incubation temperature in broilers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In oviparous species accidental variation of incubation temperatures may occur under natural conditions and mechanisms may have evolved by natural selection that facilitate coping with these stressors. However, under controlled artificial incubation modification of egg incubation temperature has been shown to have a wide-ranging impact on post-hatch development in several poultry species. Because developmental changes initiated in-ovo can affect poultry production, understanding the molecular routes and epigenetic alterations induced by incubation temperature differences may allow targeted modification of phenotypes.

Results

In order to identify molecular pathways responsive to variable incubation temperature, broiler eggs were incubated at a lower or higher tempe

SUBMITTER: Naraballobh W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4855815 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature