Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Skin Lipid Metabolism Related to Wool Diameter in Sheep

May 2016 in “ bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ”

Shaoyin Fu, YunXia Qi, Xiaolong He, Lai Da, Biao Wang, Rigele Te, jianghong Wu, Yang Ding, yongbin Liu, wengguang Zhang

lipid metabolism skin development collagen catabolism steroid hormone stimulation RNA-Seq qRT-PCR

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Studysummary This study observed that differences in the expression of genes related to lipid metabolism may play a major role in determining wool fiber diameter in sheep.

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