Gene expression identifies metabolic and functional differences between intramuscular and subcutaneous adipocytes in cattle. Gene expression identifies metabolic and functional differences between intramuscular and subcutaneous adipocytes in cattle

To further our understanding of bovine fat depot biology we screened 5 discrete fat depots (IMF, intermuscular, omental, kidney and subcutaneous) for patterns of genome-wide gene expression Overall design: Gene expression in bovine fat depots was measured in 26 m old bos taurus steers representing 3 genetic backgrounds after 259 d in a feedlot . Twelve (3 genetic background x 4 individual replicates per background) independent replicates were used to characterise each depot.