Genome-wide analysis of expression QTL (eQTL) and allele-specific expression (ASE) in pig muscle identifies candidate genes for meat quality traits.

Yan LiuXiaolei LiuZhiwei ZhengTingting MaYing LiuHuan LongHuijun ChengMing FangJing GongXinyun LiShuhong ZhaoXuewen Xu

Published in: Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE (2020)

The present study confirmed several previously published candidate genes and identified some novel candidate genes for meat quality traits via eQTL and ASE analyses, which will be useful to prioritize candidate genes in further studies.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
genome wide
genome wide analysis
quality improvement
skeletal muscle
dna methylation
randomized controlled trial
long non coding rna
case control
meta analyses