Ingrid Soares Garcia, Bárbara Silva-Vignato, Aline Silva Mello Cesar, Juliana Petrini, Vinicius Henrique da Silva, Natália Silva Morosini, Carolina Purcell Goes, Juliana Afonso, Thaís Ribeiro da Silva, Beatriz Delcarme Lima, Luan Gaspar Clemente, Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano, Gerson Barreto Mourão, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho
Intramuscular fat (IMF) and backfat thickness (BFT) are critical economic traits impacting meat quality. However, the genetic variants controlling these traits need to be better understood. To advance knowledge in this area, we integrated RNA-seq and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified in genomic and transcriptomic data to generate a linkage disequilibrium filtered panel of 553,581 variants. Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis revealed 36,916 cis-eQTLs and 14,408 trans-eQTLs. Association analysis resulted in three eQTLs associated with BFT and 24 with IMF...
May 2, 2024: Scientific Reports