Comparative Skin Transcriptomics Reveals Key Regulators of Cashmere Fiber Production in Inner Mongolian Goats

    March 2026 in “ Animals ”
    Hafiza Arooba Riaz, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Kiran Zahra … Dejun Ji
    Studysummary In this study, researchers used transcriptome sequencing to identify 1543 differentially expressed genes between cashmere and normal goats, implicating several signaling pathways and key regulators in the distinct gene expression profiles linked to cashmere fiber production, which advances understanding of cashmere goat genetics.
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