Article
Muscle transcriptomic profiles in pigs with divergent phenotypes for fatness traits.
BMC genomics - 11 Jun 2010
Cánovas Angela, Quintanilla Raquel, Amills Marcel, Pena Ramona N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Selection for increasing intramuscular fat content would definitively improve the palatability and juiciness of pig meat as well as the sensorial and organoleptic properties of cured products. However, evidences obtained in human and model organisms suggest that high levels of intramuscular fat might alter muscle lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. We have analysed this issue by determining the...
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