Developmental stage-specific transcriptomics of the hypothalamus-pituitary-testis axis reveals gene networks governing testicular maturation in Xianghuang chickens

Sexual maturity significantly impacts poultry production efficiency, yet data on testicular development and regulatory mechanisms in indigenous breeds remain limited. In this study, we examined Xianghuang chickens, a indigenous early-maturing breed, to investigate the hypothalamus-pituitary-testis (...

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Published in:	Poultry Science
Main Authors:	Qingyuan Ouyang, Jing Li, Yuanbo Song, Jian Xiao, Zehe Song, Xi He, Haihan Zhang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-11-01
Subjects:	Chicken Sexual maturity Testis HPT axis
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579125009770