Transcriptomic Changes in Broiler Chicken Hypothalamus during Growth and Development.

ABSTRACT: The hypothalamus plays an overarching role that is reflected in the physiological processes observed in the entire organism. The hypothalamus regulates selected metabolic processes and activities of the autonomic nervous system. The avian hypothalamus due to the structural complexity is not well described and has a slightly different function than the mammalian hypothalamus that is the subject of numerous studies. The present study evaluated activities of hypothalamic genes in fast-growing chickens during development (at the 1^st day and 3^rd and 6^th weeks after hatching). The hypothalamic transcriptomes for 3- and 6-week-old cockerels were analysed using an RNA sequencing method in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology. The differentially expressed gen

SUBMITTER: Piorkowska K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6204183 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature