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Transcriptome analysis to identify differential gene expression affecting meat quality in heavy Italian pigs.
Animal genetics - 1 Apr 2011
Gorni C, Garino C, Iacuaniello S, Castiglioni B, Stella A, Restelli G L, Pagnacco G, Mariani P
Abstract excerpt
Suppressive subtractive hybridization (SSH) was used to analyse the muscle transcriptome and identify genes affecting meat quality within an Italian pig population of Large White and Landrace purebred individuals. Seven phenotypes were recorded at slaughter: dorsal fat thickness, ham fat thickness, ham fat coverage, muscle compactness, marbling, meat colour and colour uniformity. Two subtractive libraries were...
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