Gai-Ge Ji, Ming Zhang, Yi-Fan Liu, Yan-Ju Shan, Yun-Jie Tu, Xiao-Jun Ju, Jian-Min Zou, Jing-Ting Shu, Jun-Feng Wu, Jin-Fang Xie
Back and thigh skin of chickens showed significant differences in the thickness and the feather follicle density and size, which are important traits for slaughtered chickens' appearance. In the present study, global gene expression profiling was conducted in the back and thigh skin of chickens using Microarray technology. The results showed that 676 genes were differentially expressed between back and thigh skin. The expression of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including PPP1R3C, IGF1, PTCHD1, HOXB6, FGF9, CAMK4, SHH, BMP8B, FOXN1 and PTGER2, was validated by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), and the results were consistent with microarray results...
January 2021: Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics