Comparative Transcriptome Profiling of Skeletal Muscle from Black Muscovy Duck at Different Growth Stages Using RNA-seq.

ABSTRACT: In China, the production for duck meat is second only to that of chicken, and the demand for duck meat is also increasing. However, there is still unclear on the internal mechanism of regulating skeletal muscle growth and development in duck. This study aimed to identity candidate genes related to growth of duck skeletal muscle and explore the potential regulatory mechanism. RNA-seq technology was used to compare the transcriptome of skeletal muscles in black Muscovy ducks at different developmental stages (day 17, 21, 27, 31, and 34 of embryos and postnatal 6-month-olds). The SNPs and InDels of black Muscovy ducks at different growth stages were mainly in "INTRON", "SYNONYMOUS_CODING", "UTR_3_PRIME", and "DOWNSTREAM". The average number of AS in each sample was 37,267, mainly concentrated

SUBMITTER: Hu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7590229 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature