Transcript profiling of expressed sequence tags from semimembranosus muscle of commercial and naturalized pig breeds
, “Transcript profiling of expressed sequence tags from semimembranosus muscle of commercial and naturalized pig breeds”, vol. 11, pp. 3315-3328, 2012.
In general, genetic differences across different breeds of pig lead to variation in mature body size and slaughter age. The Commercial breeds Duroc and Large White and the local Brazilian breed Piau are ostensibly distinct in terms of growth and muscularity, commercial breeds are much leaner while local breeds grow much slower and are fat type pigs. However, the genetic factors that underlie such distinctions remain unclear. We used expressed sequence tags (ESTs) to characterize and compare transcript profiles in the semimembranosus muscle of these pig breeds.
