TY - JOUR AU - Sun, Xiaojie AU - Mei, Shuqi AU - Tao, Hu AU - Wang, Guodong AU - Su, Lina AU - Jiang, Siwen AU - Deng, Changyan AU - Xiong, Yuanzhu AU - Li, Fenge PY - 2011 DA - 2011/02/16 TI - Microarray profiling for differential gene expression in PMSG-hCG stimulated preovulatory ovarian follicles of Chinese Taihu and Large White sows JO - BMC Genomics SP - 111 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - The Chinese Taihu is one of the most prolific pig breeds in the world, which farrows at least five more piglets per litter than Western pig breeds partly due to a greater ovulation rate. Variation of ovulation rate maybe associated with the differences in the transcriptome of Chinese Taihu and Large White ovaries. In order to understand the molecular basis of the greater ovulation rate of Chinese Taihu sows, expression profiling experiments were conducted to identify differentially expressed genes in ovarian follicles at the preovulatory stage of a PMSG-hCG stimulated estrous cycle from 3 Chinese Taihu and 3 Large White cycling sows by using the Affymetrix Porcine Genechip™. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-111 DO - 10.1186/1471-2164-12-111 ID - Sun2011 ER -