Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes between White and Black Skin Tissues by RNA-Seq in the Tibetan Sheep (Ovis aries)
Zhen-Yang Wu1, Li Li1, Yu-Hua Fu2, Sheng Wang3, Qing-Ming An1, Xiao-Hui Tang4, Xiao-Yong Du3,5,* and Fei Zhou6,*
1Tongren University, Tongren 554300, Guizhou, PR China
2School of Computer Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, PR China
3Key Laboratory of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Key Laboratory of Agriculture Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, PR China
4Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi 860000, Tibet, PR China
5Hubei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioinformatics, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, PR China
6School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang 441053, Hubei, PR China
Fig. 1.
The hierarchical clustering based on differentially expressed genes in Tibetan sheep skin between white and black coat color (top 30). 1W, 2W and 3W are the white skin samples from three Tibetan sheep; 1B, 2B and 3B are the black skin samples from three Tibetan sheep.
Fig. 2.
GO analysis of differentially expressed genes in Tibetan sheep with white skin vs. black skin samples.
Fig. 3.
Relative expression of three differentially expressed genes. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01.
Fig. 4.
Relative expression of six differentially expressed genes. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01.
Fig. 5.
Relative expression of four differentially expressed genes. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01.