Multi-tissue omics analyses reveal molecular regulatory networks for puberty in composite beef cattle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Cánovas, Angela ^a   Reverter, Antonio ^b   DeAtley, Kasey L ^c,g   Ashley, Ryan L ^c   Colgrave, Michelle L ^b   Fortes, Marina R S ^d   Islas Trejo, Alma ^a   Lehnert, Sigrid ^b   Porto Neto, Laercio ^b   Rincón, Gonzalo ^a,h   Silver, Gail A ^c   Snelling, Warren M ^e   Medrano, Juan F ^a   Thomas, Milton G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ZOETIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANGUS CATTLE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BRAHMAN CATTLE; DACHSHUND HOMOLOG 2 GENE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOXA1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEIFER; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; LONGISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PITX2 GENE; PROP PAIRED LIKE HOMEOBOX 1 GENE; PUBERTY DISORDERS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SIX HOMEOBOX 6 GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84904550663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102551     Document Type: Article

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