Supplementary material for the manuscript "Milk transcriptome biomarker identification to enhance feed efficiency and reduce nutritional costs in dairy ewes"

Supplementary Material S1: Supplementary methods. Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega, B. Gutiérrez. Gil, P.A.S. Fonseca, G. Hervás, R. Pelayo, P.G. Toral, H. Marina, P. de Frutos, J.J. Arranz. S1 Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega, B. Gutiérrez. Gil, P.A.S. Fonseca, G. Hervás, R. Pelayo, P.G. Toral, H. Marina, P. de Frutos, J.J. Arranz. Supplementary Table S1. Description of the experimental groups defined in the nutritional challenge experiment in the Spanish Assaf dairy ewes included in the present study. S2 Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega, B. Gutiérrez. Gil, P.A.S. Fonseca, G. Hervás, R. Pelayo, P.G. Toral, H. Marina, P. de Frutos, J.J. Arranz. Supplementary Table S2. Statistics of the milk production and feed efficiency traits measured in the first lactation of the Assaf dairy ewes included in the nutritional challenge experiment. S3 Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega. B. Gutiérrez. Gil. P. A.S. Fonseca. Gonzalo Hervás. R. Pelayo. P.G. Toral. H. Marina. P. de Frutos. J.J. Arranz. Supplementary Table S3. Phenotypic Values for Residual Feed Intake (RFI) and Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) indexes and group classification for transcriptomic analyses in the Spanish Assaf dairy ewes included in the present study. S4 Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega, B. Gutiérrez. Gil, P. A.S. Fonseca, Gonzalo Hervás, R. Pelayo, P.G. Toral, H. Marina, P. de Frutos, J.J. Arranz Supplementary Table S4. Differentially expressed genes in the mammary gland transcriptome between High-FE-RFI and Low-FE-RFI sheep S5 Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega, B. Gutiérrez. Gil, P. A.S. Fonseca, Gonzalo Hervás, R. Pelayo, P.G. Toral, H. Marina, P. de Frutos, J.J. Arranz Supplementary Table S5. Differentially expressed genes in the mammary gland transcriptome between High-FE-FCR and Low-FE-FCR sheep S6 Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega, B. Gutiérrez. Gil, P. A.S. Fonseca, Gonzalo Hervás, R. Pelayo, P.G. Toral, H. Marina, P. de Frutos, J.J. Arranz Supplementary Table S6. Enrichment analysis results from the differentially expressed genes with higher expression in the low-FE-FCR Assaf dairy sheep S7 Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega, B. Gutiérrez. Gil, P. A.S. Fonseca, Gonzalo Hervás, R. Pelayo, P.G. Toral, H. Marina, P. de Frutos, J.J. Arranz Supplementary Table S7. Differentially expressed genes in the mammary gland transcriptome between High-FE-consensus and Low-FE-consensus sheep S8 Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega, B. Gutiérrez. Gil, P. A.S. Fonseca, Gonzalo Hervás, R. Pelayo, P.G. Toral, H. Marina, P. de Frutos, J.J. Arranz Supplementary Table S7. Enrichment analysis results from the differentially expressed genes with higher expression in the high-FE-consensus Spanish Assaf ewe group S9 Milk Transcriptome Biomarker Identification to Enhance Feed Efficiency and Reduce Nutritional Costs in Dairy Ewes A. Suárez-Vega, B. Gutiérrez. Gil, P. A.S. Fonseca, Gonzalo Hervás, R. Pelayo, P.G. Toral, H. Marina, P. de Frutos, J.J. Arranz Supplementary Table S9. Enrichment analysis results from the differentially expressed genes with higher expression in the low-FE-consensus Spanish Assaf ewe group.