Genetic marker discovery in complex traits: a field example on fat content and composition in pigs

RN Pena, R Ros-Freixedes, M Tor, J Estany - International Journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Among the large number of attributes that define pork quality, fat content and composition
have attracted the attention of breeders in the recent years due to their interaction with …

Identification of strong candidate genes for backfat and intramuscular fatty acid composition in three crosses based on the Iberian pig

D Crespo-Piazuelo, L Criado-Mesas, M Revilla… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Meat quality has an important genetic component and can be modified by the fatty acid (FA)
composition and the amount of fat contained in adipose tissue and muscle. The present …

Arginine Methylation of SREBP1a via PRMT5 Promotes De Novo Lipogenesis and Tumor Growth

L Liu, X Zhao, L Zhao, J Li, H Yang, Z Zhu, J Liu… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
Dysregulation of the sterol regulatory element-binding transcription factors sterol regulatory
element-binding protein (SREBP) and SREBF activates de novo lipogenesis to high levels …

Triennial growth and development symposium: genetics and breeding for intramuscular fat and oleic acid content in pigs

J Estany, R Ros-Freixedes, M Tor… - Journal of Animal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The intramuscular fat (IMF) and oleic acid (OL) content have been favorably related to pork
quality and human health. This influences the purchasing behavior of consumers and …

Global analysis of the association between pig muscle fatty acid composition and gene expression using RNA-Seq

J Valdés-Hernández, Y Ramayo-Caldas, M Passols… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Fatty acids (FAs) play an essential role as mediators of cell signaling and signal
transduction, affecting metabolic homeostasis and determining meat quality in pigs …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of ELOVL6 on the lipid metabolism of bovine adipocytes

Z Junjvlieke, R Khan, C Mei, G Cheng, S Wang… - Genomics, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of ELOVL6 (elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein
6) and its underlying mechanism on lipid metabolism in bovine adipocytes. The ELOVL6 …

Modulatory effects of breed, feeding status, and diet on adipogenic, lipogenic, and lipolytic gene expression in growing Iberian and Duroc pigs

R Benítez, A Fernández, B Isabel, Y Núñez… - International Journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Meat quality depends on tissue composition which is in turn influenced by different factors,
such as diet, genotype, age, or sex. We evaluated the effects of breed, 24 h fasting, and …

Transcriptomic Profiling of Subcutaneous Backfat in Castrated and Intact Alentejano Pigs Finished Outdoors with Commercial and Fiber-Rich Diets

N Garrido, A Albuquerque, R Charneca, F Costa… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this work, we studied the backfat transcriptome of surgically castrated (C), intact (I) and
intact fed an experimental diet (IE) outdoor-reared male Alentejano (AL) pigs. The …

Genome-wide characterization of lncRNAs and mRNAs in muscles with differential intramuscular fat contents

Y Sun, X Lin, Q Zhang, Y Pang, X Zhang… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Meat quality is one of the most important traits in pig production. Long non-coding RNAs
(lncRNAs) have been involved in diverse biological processes such as muscle development …

Genome-wide association study confirm major QTL for backfat fatty acid composition on SSC14 in Duroc pigs

M van Son, EG Enger, H Grove, R Ros-Freixedes… - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background Fatty acid composition contributes importantly to meat quality and is essential to
the nutritional value of the meat. Identification of genetic factors underlying levels of fatty …