Gene expression profiles in the pituitary glands of Sichuan White geese during prelaying and laying periods
“Gene expression profiles in the pituitary glands of Sichuan White geese during prelaying and laying periods”, vol. 14, pp. 12636-12645, 2015.
, To better understand the molecular mechanism(s) underlying egg-laying in Sichuan white geese, the profiles of genes in the pituitary gland were investigated during the prelaying and laying periods. Total RNA was extracted from the pituitary glands of geese during prelaying or laying periods and cDNA was generated. After sequencing and annotation, 54 upregulated and 84 downregulated genes were obtained from gene libraries.