Comparative gene expression profiling of muscle reveals potential candidate genes affecting drip loss in pork.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drip loss is a key aspect of meat quality. Transcriptome profiles of muscle with divergent drip loss would offer important insight into the genetic factors responsible for the trait. In this study, drip loss and other meat quality traits of 28 purebred Duroc pigs were measured, muscles of these individuals were RNA sequenced, and eight individuals with extremely low and high drip loss were selected for analyzing their transcriptome differences and identifying potential candidate genes affecting drip loss.

Results

As a result, 363 differentially expressed (DE) genes were detected in the comparative gene expression analysis, of which 239 were up-regulated and 124 were down-regulated in the low drip loss group. The DE genes were further filtered by correlation analys

SUBMITTER: Zhao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6889219 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature