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Author Spotlight: Unveiling Mitochondrial Function and Cellular Metabolic Adaptation in Metabolic Diseases
Published on: October 4, 2024
Chicken muscle mitochondrial content appears co-ordinately regulated and is associated with performance phenotypes
Antonio Reverter1, Ron Okimoto2, Robyn Sapp2
1Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Queensland 4067, Australia.
Abstract:
Mitochondrial content is a fundamental cellular bioenergetic phenotype. Previous work has hypothesised possible links between variation in muscle mitochondrial content and animal performance. However, no population screens have been performed in any production species. Here, we have designed a high throughput molecular approach to estimate mitochondrial content in commercial broilers. Technical validity was established using several approaches, including its performance in monoclonal DF-1 cells, cross-tissue comparisons in tissues with differing metabolic demands (white fat
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