Cardiac gene expression in two broiler lines at two different time points

Male broilers from two lines (n=10 per line) with different growth rate were raised at the same condition with free access to feed and drink. At day 6 and day 21, half samples of each broiler line were euthanized by cervical dislocation, and left ventricles were collected for RNA isolation. Gene expression in left ventricle was measured by RNA-seq and compared between different time points and chicken lines. The purpose of this study is to investigate gene expression change during broiler cardiac development and to compared gene expression between fast-growing modern broilers and slow-growing heritage broilers to find possible genes and pathways related to differential cardiac development and differential susceptibility to cardiac diseases between the two broiler lines.

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