Project name: Bos taurus

Description: The objective was to study the transcriptomic changes in adipose tissue in the early stages of lactation, specifically in Bos Taurus, Holstein dairy cattle as a function of milk production and genetic merit.Chip quality backgrounds averaged below 50 units, and 3’/5’ bias on control genes 0.85.Overall design: The design was a simple paired sampling, with time (30 d prepartum and 14 d postpartum as the sampling times. There was no dietary manipulation. Animals were all first calving Holstein heifers, all raised on the same farm on the same diet

Data type: Transcriptome or Gene expression

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: Agricultural

Release date: 2010-04-29

Last updated: 2010-04-27