A comprehensive transcriptome analysis of skeletal muscles in two Polish pig breeds differing in fat and meat quality traits

Abstract Pork is the most popular meat in the world. Unfortunately, the selection pressure focused on high meat content led to a reduction in pork quality. The present study used RNA-seq technology to identify metabolic process genes related to pork quality traits and fat deposition. Differentially...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Piórkowska, Kacper Żukowski, Katarzyna Ropka-Molik, Mirosław Tyra, Artur Gurgul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572018000100125&lng=en&tlng=en