Project description:The aim of the study was to combine understanding between a timeline for molecular and macroscopic functions in the testis of the Duroc boar. To achieve this, cluster and pathway analysis was performed based on microarray transcripts from four pubertal timepoints with known steroidogenic status and known morphological maturation status. Gene expression study of testes biopsies from Duroc boars, taken at age 12, 16, 20 and 27 weeks of age, using in-house printed porcine two-colour cDNA microarrays.
Project description:The aim of this study was to use RNA sequencing to investigate gene expression differences in testis tissue from Landrace and Duroc boars with high and low levels of sperm hyperactive motility. Twelve gene ontology terms were enriched in the day 0 contrast in Landrace and the most significant term was “extracellular exosome”. For the 96 hours storage contrast in Landrace, seven gene ontology terms were enriched and the most significant one was “extracellular space”.
