sRNA Sequencing during Skeletal Muscle Development between Tongcheng Pigs and Yorkshire Pigs. Sus scrofa breed:Tongcheng pigs and Yorkshire pigs

Pig is an important agricultural animal for meat production, especially in Asia. Tongcheng pigs (TC) and Yorkshire pigs (YK) represent western pigs and Chinese local pigs, respectively. To investigate the miRNAs involved in regulating different periods of skeletal muscle development between TC and YK, we herein performed a comprehensive research for porcine microRNAome(miRNAome) from longissimus muscle during 5 skeletal muscle developmental stages, including 40, 55, 63, 70, 90 dpc (days post coitum) using Solexa sequencing technology.