Advances in the discovery of genetic elements underlying longissimus dorsi muscle growth and development in the pig

Q Zeng, ZQ Du - Animal Genetics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a major source of protein in human diets, pig meat plays a crucial role in ensuring global
food security. Key determinants of meat production refer to the chemical and physical …

The Landscape of Accessible chromatin and developmental transcriptome maps reveal a genetic mechanism of skeletal muscle development in pigs

L Feng, J Si, J Yue, M Zhao, W Qi, S Zhu, J Mo… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The epigenetic regulation mechanism of porcine skeletal muscle development relies on the
openness of chromatin and is also precisely regulated by transcriptional machinery …

Profiling of chromatin accessibility in pigs across multiple tissues and developmental stages

J Bai, Y Lin, J Zhang, Z Chen, Y Wang, M Li… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study of chromatin accessibility across tissues and developmental stages is essential for
elucidating the transcriptional regulation of various phenotypes and biological processes …

An Integrative ATAC-Seq and RNA-Seq Analysis of the Endometrial Tissues of Meishan and Duroc Pigs

H Zhang, Z Liu, J Wang, T Zeng, X Ai, K Wu - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Meishan pigs are a well-known indigenous pig breed in China characterized by a high
fertility. Notably, the number of endometrial grands is significantly higher in Meishan pigs …

Effects of foetal size, sex and developmental stage on adaptive transcriptional responses of skeletal muscle to intrauterine growth restriction in pigs

Y Cortes-Araya, S Cheung, W Ho, C Stenhouse… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) occurs both in humans and domestic species. It has a
particularly high incidence in pigs, and is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and …

A unique glimpse into the crosstalk between different epigenetic mechanisms in porcine embryonic development

J Gan, X Zhang, Y Lu, Z Wu, G Cai… - Biology of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The pig is an excellent animal model for simulating human physiology and a major animal
for meat production and xenotransplantation. Therefore, researching porcine embryonic …

An Analysis of a Transposable Element Expression Atlas during 27 Developmental Stages in Porcine Skeletal Muscle: Unveiling Molecular Insights into Pork …

C Wang, B Lei, Y Liu - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The quality and yield of pork are significantly affected by the development
and growth of porcine skeletal muscle. To identify the genetic factors that underlie this …

A genome-wide association study for loin depth and muscle pH in pigs from intensely selected purebred lines

S Desire, M Johnsson, R Ros-Freixedes… - Genetics Selection …, 2023 - Springer
Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) aim at identifying genomic regions
involved in phenotype expression, but identifying causative variants is difficult. Pig …

Expression Profile of Housekeeping Genes and Tissue-Specific Genes in Multiple Tissues of Pigs

X Pan, J Cai, Y Wang, D Xu, Y Jiang, W Gong, Y Tian… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pig is an important biomedical model and a valuable source of nutrition for
humans. The all-sided gene expression profile across multiple tissues engages crucial …

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FX Donadeu - Scientific Reports, 2024 - scienceopen.com
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) occurs both in humans and domestic species. It has a
particularly high incidence in pigs, and is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and …