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Subcutaneous fat(SCF)and intramuscular fat(IMF)deposition is relevant to health in humans,as well as meat production and quality in pigs.In this study,we generated RNA sequence data for 122 SCF,120 IMF,and 87 longissimus dorsi muscle(LDM)samples using 155
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State Key Laboratory of Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology,Jiangxi Agricultural Unive
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Subcutaneous fat(SCF)and intramuscular fat(IMF)deposition is relevant to health in humans,as well as meat production and quality in pigs.In this study,we generated RNA sequence data for 122 SCF,120 IMF,and 87 longissimus dorsi muscle(LDM)samples using 155 F6 pigs from a specially designed heterogeneous population generated by intercrossing four highly selected European commercial breeds and four indigenous Chinese pig breeds.The phenotypes including waist back fat thickness and intramuscular fat content were also measured in the 155 F6 pigs.We found that the genes in SCF and IMF differed largely in both expression levels and network connectivity,and highlighted network modules that exhibited strongest gain of connectivity in SCF and IMF,containing genes that were associated with the immune process and DNA double-strand repair,respectively.We identified 215 SCF genes related to kinase inhibitor activity,mitochondrial fission,and angiogenesis,and 90 IMF genes related to lipolysis and fat cell differentiation,displayed a tissue-specific association with back fat thickness and IMF content,re-spectively.We found that cis-expression QTL for trait-associated genes in the two adipose tissues tended to have tissue-dependent predictability for the two adipose traits.Alternative splicing of genes was also found to be associated with SCF or IMF deposition,but the association was much less extensive than that based on expression levels.This study provides a better understanding of SCF and IMF gene transcription and network organization and identified critical genes and network modules that displayed tissue-specific associations with subcutaneous and intramuscular fat deposition.These features are helpful for designing breeding programs to genetically improve the two adipose traits in a balanced way.
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