Chicken hepatic response to chronic heat stress using integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis.

The liver plays a central role in metabolism and is important in maintaining homeostasis throughout the body. This study integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic data to understand how the liver responds under chronic heat stress. Chickens from a rapidly growing broiler line were heat stressed for...

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Main Authors: Sara F Jastrebski, Susan J Lamont, Carl J Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5536301?pdf=render