Project description:We investigated the effects of heat stress on the liver transcriptome of 3wk-old chicks of a broiler line, the Fayoumi and an advanced intercross line (AIL). Transcriptome sequencing of 48 male chickens using Illumina HiSeq 2500 technology yielded an average of 3.4 million, 100-base -pair single-end, reads per sample.
Project description:This data originates from an expression quantitative trait locus analysis of cerebrum in an advanced intercross of Red Jungefowl and White Leghorn chickens. The aim of the study was to map the genetic basis of cerebrum and body mass, and idenifiy transcriptional differences within the intercross to assess any candidate genes for cerebrum and body mass.
Project description:This data originates from an expression quantitative trait locus analysis of liver in an advanced intercross of Red Jungefowl and White Leghorn chickens. The aim of the study was to map the genetic basis of growth traits and transcript abundance traits in the liver, and use the latter to search for candidate causative genes for chicken growth.
Project description:Chickens divergently selected for either high abdominal fat content (fat genotype) or low abdominal fat content (lean genotype) at Station Recherches Avicoles, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Nouzilly, France were used to profile abdominal fat gene expression at 7 weeks of age. The fat line (FL) and lean line (LL) chickens differ in various phenotypic and metabolic measurements, including abdominal fatness, plasma glycemia and triiodothyronine (T3). The FL and LL chickens represent unique models for characterizing biomedical and agricultural traits. Massively parallel RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) was completed on an Illumina HiSeq 2000 System for transcription analysis of FL and LL abdominal fat. Statistical analysis was completed using CLC Genomics Workbench software. A total of 1,703 genes were differentially expressed in the FL versus LL adipose tissue [FDR<0.05 and fold change (FL/LL) > 1.2]. The differentially expressed genes include metabolic enzymes, acute phase proteins, growth factors, coagulation factors, immune factors, vasoregulators and transcription factors involved in various pathways. Several of the functional genes identified are also positional candidate genes within quantitative trait loci (QTL) in an F2 population created from an intercross of the FL and LL lines. Keywords: Divergently selected chickens, fatness, transcriptional profiling, differentially expressed genes Abdominal fat mRNA profiles of fat line (FL) and lean line (LL) chickens at 7 weeks of age were generated by deep sequencing (on an Illumina HiSeq 2000 system) employing several sequencing schemes to determine depth of coverage from 1, 4, and 8 multiplexed libraries per sequencing lane. Transcriptional analysis was completed by averaging short paired-end sequence reads (101 bp) for each bird across three sequencing depths.
Project description:Chickens divergently selected for either high abdominal fat content (fat genotype) or low abdominal fat content (lean genotype) at Station Recherches Avicoles, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Nouzilly, France were used to profile abdominal fat gene expression at 7 weeks of age. The fat line (FL) and lean line (LL) chickens differ in various phenotypic and metabolic measurements, including abdominal fatness, plasma glycemia and triiodothyronine (T3). The FL and LL chickens represent unique models for characterizing biomedical and agricultural traits. Massively parallel RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) was completed on an Illumina HiSeq 2000 System for transcription analysis of FL and LL abdominal fat. Statistical analysis was completed using CLC Genomics Workbench software. A total of 1,703 genes were differentially expressed in the FL versus LL adipose tissue [FDR<0.05 and fold change (FL/LL) > 1.2]. The differentially expressed genes include metabolic enzymes, acute phase proteins, growth factors, coagulation factors, immune factors, vasoregulators and transcription factors involved in various pathways. Several of the functional genes identified are also positional candidate genes within quantitative trait loci (QTL) in an F2 population created from an intercross of the FL and LL lines. Keywords: Divergently selected chickens, fatness, transcriptional profiling, differentially expressed genes
2013-04-16 | GSE42980 | GEO
Project description:Yeast advanced intercross population chemostat growth
Project description:Expression quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping of 127 adult femoral bone samples from a Red Junglefowl x White Leghorn advanced intercross line. Bone trait QTL have been mapped in the same cross, allowing a genetical genomics approach to quantitative trait gene identification
Project description:The aim of the experiment is to identify genes that are contributing too variation in the intensity of reddish/brown colouration seen in feathers from a wild x domestic advanced intercross line of chickens. RNA was isolated from growing feathers with varying levels of reddish/brown colouration (eg. dark red, red, orange, yellow). The intensity of the colour was measured relative to a true red colour chart and expressed as percentage of the reference colour. A lower colour score indicates a darker red colour(~0,30) and a pure white gives a score of ~0,95. QTL regions for the peak and average colour score measured across the wing were obtained from a mapping population. An eQTL analysis was performed by using the gene expression levels from all genes located within the previously identified QTL confidence intervals. The gene expression values for the genes located within the confidence intervals are available in the data file.
Project description:Chickens divergently selected for either high abdominal fat content (fat genotype) or low abdominal fat content (lean genotype) at SRA-INRA, France were used to profile hepatic gene expression during juvenile development (1 to 11 weeks of age) and to identify differentially expressed genes associated with genotype and age. The fat line (FL) and lean line (LL) chickens are different in various phenotypic and metabolic measurements, including abdominal fatness, plasma glycemia and T3. The FL and LL chickens represent unique models for characterizing biomedical and agricultural traits. The Del-Mar 14K Chicken Integrated Systems microarrays were used for a transcriptional scan in liver during juvenile development using a balanced block hybridization design. Log2-transformed fluorescence intensities were analyzed with a two-stage mixed model. A total of 905 differentially expressed "functional" genes were identified (FDR<0.10). The greatest number of differentially expressed genes (400) was detected at 7 weeks of age. The differentially expressed genes include metabolic enzymes, acute phase proteins, growth factors, immune factors and transcription factors involved in various pathways. Several of the functional genes are also identified as positional candidate genes within QTLs in an F2 population established from an intercross between the FL and LL lines. Keywords: Divergently selected chickens, fatness, transcriptional profiling, differentially expressed genes