RNA-Seq of chicken breast samples treated with chronic heat stress

To study the effect of chronic heat stress on producing laying type hens, RNA-Seq was performed on breast samples during a 4-week heat stress experiment. RNA-Seq samples were collected 3-hour, 2-weeks, and 4-weeks post heat from both control (unheated) and treatment (heated) birds. RNA was extracted from the tissues with RNAqueous Total RNA Isolation Kit, treated with DNase, and mRNA cDNA libary were prepared with Illumina TrueSeq Stranded mRNA Library Prep Kit. Sequencing was done on 4 lanes with 12 libraries per lane on Illumina HiSeq 3000 platform.