Transcriptome Profiling of the Rumen Epithelial Tissues of Beef Cattle Differing in Residual Feed Intake

We functionally analyzed the rumen epithelial transcriptomes from low- and high- feed efficient beef steers to identify differences that might contribute to variation in feed efficiency. Overall design: RNA-seq was performed on the rumen epithelial tissues of 9 low RFI and 9 high RFI animals to obtain transcriptomes for functional analysis using bioinformatics.本研究对低饲料利用效率与高饲料利用效率的肉牛阉牛的瘤胃上皮转录组开展功能分析，旨在鉴定可能与饲料利用效率变异相关的差异特征。 试验设计：针对9头低剩余采食量（RFI）与9头高剩余采食量（RFI）肉牛的瘤胃上皮组织开展RNA测序（RNA-seq），获取转录组数据以用于生物信息学功能分析。