Landscape of Global Gene Expression Reveals Distinctive Tissue Characteristics in Bactrian Camels (Camelus bactrianus)

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 7; p. 958
• Main Authors: Luan, Yuanyuan, Fang, Yan, Jiang, Lin, Ma, Yuehui, Wu, Shangjie, Zhou, Junwen, Pu, Yabin, Zhao, Qianjun, He, Xiaohong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adults; agriculture; Analysis; Asia; Bactrian camel; Camelidae; Camels; Camelus bactrianus; cold; CXCL12 protein; Desert adaptation; Desert animals; Desert environments; Deserts; Drought; Enrichment; Fat metabolism; Fetuses; Gene expression; gene expression regulation; Genes; Genomes; Heart; heat; Immunity; landscapes; Liver; metabolism; multi-tissue transcriptome; Musculoskeletal system; Network analysis; Proteins; RNA-seq; Small intestine; Spleen; Tissues; transcriptome; Transcriptomes; transcriptomics; Water balance; WGCNA; China; United States > US; Asia

Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) are highly adapted to the desert and semi-desert environments of Asia and developed unique physiological adaptations to cold, heat, drought, and nutrient-poor conditions. These animals are an ideal model for studying desert adaptation. However, the transcriptome...