Mechanism and Genetic Regulation of Muscle Development and Fat Deposition in Pigs
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Biomedical Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 1211
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pork is an important source of animal protein in the human diet. Muscle development and fat deposition are essential to pork production and quality. Especially the fat deposited in the muscle, known as intramuscular fat, can affect meat quality traits, including pH, drip loss, and meat color. With the development of technologies such as genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics over the last few decades, many researchers have identified candidates and their regulatory mechanisms that affect muscle development and fat deposition. It has also been demonstrated that coding or non-coding genes (miRNA, lncRNA, circRNA, etc.) regulate the mechanisms of muscle development and fat deposition. Despite this, knowledge of the processes involved in muscle development and fat deposition in pigs is limited. This Special Issue will focus on research advances related to candidates and biological functions of muscle development and deposition in pigs. However, it is not limited to these, and other novel studies are also welcome. This issue aims to provide new insights into the processes of muscle development and fat deposition and provide useful information for molecular breeding for economic traits in pigs.
Dr. Bojiang Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pig
- pork
- skeletal muscle
- fat
- meat quality
- molecular marker breeding
- regulatory mechanisms
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