Distinct expression patterns of genes associated with muscle growth and adipose deposition in Tibetan pigs: A possible adaptive mechanism for high altitude conditions

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-55

  Zhu, Li ^a   Li, Mingzhou ^a   Li, Xuewei ^a   Shuai, Surong ^a   Liu, Haifeng ^a   Wang, Jinyong ^b   Jiang, Anan ^a   Gu, Yiren ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Teng, Xiaokun ^c   Jiang, Zhongrong ^d  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Animal Husbandry Institute   (China)

^c National Engineering Center for Biochip at Shanghai   (China)

^d Animal Husbandry Institute of Ganze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture   (China)

Author keywords

Adipose; Gene expression; High altitude; Muscle; Tibetan pigs

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GROWTH RATE; LIPID METABOLISM; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUSCLE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 62449122117     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1042     Document Type: Article

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