Characterization of transcriptional complexity during longissimus muscle development in bovines using high-throughput sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Beef cattle are among the most economically important animals in the world because they are farmed for their meat and leather. However, a lack of genetic information remains an obstacle to understanding the mechanisms behind the development of this animal. Analysis of the beef cattle transcriptome and its expression profile data are essential to extending the genetic information resources for this species and would support studies on this animal.

Results

RNA sequencing of beef cattle was performed using the Illumina High-Seq2000 platform. A total of 25,605,140 and 26,214,800 reads were sequenced for embryonic and adult pooled samples, respectively. We identified 24,464-29,994 novel transcript units in two pooled samples. In addition, 8,533-10,144 genes showed evid

SUBMITTER: He H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3676445 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature