Project description:The objective of this study was to examine changes in hepatic gene expression of heifer calves offered varying planes of nutrition during early life. At approximately 3 weeks of age (19 ± 5 days of age) Angus X Holstein-Friesian heifer calves were offered a high (HP, n=15) or moderate plane of nutrition (MP, n=15) to achieve target growth rates of 1.2 kg/d and 0.5 kg/d, respectively. After 18 weeks of differential feeding all calves were euthanized and the liver of each calf recovered. RNA was extracted and subsequently subjected to RNAseq analysis. A total of 591 genes were identified as significantly differentially expressed between HP and MP calves. Differentially expressed genes were involved in biological pathways and processes including those related to metabolism (amino acid, vitamin and mineral metabolism) as well as those involved in organ growth and development.
Project description:Animals used in the study belong to the multibreed Angus-Brahman herd from University of Florida, born between 2007 and 2014. Cattle have different expected proportions of Angus- Brahman breed composition. A total number of 800 animals were genotyped with the 250K Bovine SNP BeadChip (GeneSeek, Inc., Lincoln, NE). Ten additional SNPs and four indels were genotyped by High Resolution Melt (HRM) analysis on an Illumina’s Eco Real-Time PCR System (Illumina, USA).
Project description:The aim of this study was to examine changes in the transcriptional profile of visceral adipose tissue in heifer calves offered varying planes of nutrition during the early life period. From approximately 3 weeks of age (19 ± 5 days of age) Angus X Holstein-Friesian heifer calves were offered either a high (HP, n=15) or moderate (MP, n=15) plane of nutrition to achieve target growth rates of 1.2 kg/d and 0.5 kg/d, respectively. After 18 weeks of differential feeding all calves were euthanized and visceral adipose tissue samples harvested from each calf. RNA was extracted and subsequently subjected to RNAseq analysis. A total of 1052 genes were identified as significantly differentially expressed between calves on the High plane of nutrition and those on the Moderate plane of nutrition. Biological pathway analysis revealed an enrichement from these genes for processes and pathways including Sirtuin signalling, oxidative phosphorylation and adipogenesis.
Project description:The aim of this study was to examine changes in the transcriptional profile of the anterior pituitary gland of heifer calves offered varying planes of nutrition during the early life period. From approximately 3 weeks of age (19 ± 5 days of age) Angus X Holstein-Friesian heifer calves were offered either a high (HP, n=13) or moderate (MP, n=15) plane of nutrition to achieve target growth rates of 1.2 kg/d and 0.5 kg/d, respectively. After 18 weeks of differential feeding all calves were euthanized and anterior pituitary tissue samples harvested from each calf. RNA was extracted and subsequently subjected to RNAseq analysis. A total of 195 genes were identified as significantly differentially expressed between calves on the High plane of nutrition and those on the Moderate plane of nutrition. Biological pathway analysis revealed an enrichement from these genes for processes and pathways related to growth and reproductive system development.
Project description:here we report the data from six pre-puberty and six post-puberty Brahman heifers, tissue samples collected in liquid nitrogen for RNA sequencing (mRNA libraries)
2018-03-03 | GSE111339 | GEO
Project description:RNAseq analysis for meat quality traits in a Multibreed Angus-Brahman population in Florida