Intramuscular fat (IMF) content plays an essential role in meat quality. For identifying
potential candidate genes and pathways regulating IMF content, the IMF content and the …

Purpose Visceral fat is an independent risk factor for metabolic and cardiovascular disease.
The study aimed to investigate the associations between gut microbiome and visceral fat …

Animal breeding has made great genetic progress in increasing carcass weight and meat
yield in recent decades. However, these improvements have come at the expense of meat …

Microbial community in gastrointestinal tract participates in the development of the obesity
as well as quite a few metabolic diseases in human. However, there are few studies about …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a risk factor for liver cancer and prevalence
varies by ethnicity. Along with genetic and lifestyle factors, the gut microbiome (GM) may …

Background The intramuscular fat content (IMF) refers to the amount of fat within muscles,
including the sum of phospholipids mainly found in cell membranes, triglycerides and …

Intramuscular fat (IMF) is one of the main meat quality traits for breeding programmes in
livestock species. The main objective of this study was to identify genomic regions …

Background Integration of high throughput DNA genotyping and RNA-sequencing data
allows for the identification of genomic regions that control gene expression, known as …

Gut microbiota is recognized as a strong determinant of host physiology including fat
metabolism and can transfer obesity-associated phenotypes from donors to recipients …

The gut microbiome has great effects on the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of lipids.
However, the microbiota composition that can alter the fat deposition and the meat quality of …