Figure 1.

(A) Comparison of gene expression profiles between subcutaneous (SAT, n = 6) and intramuscular (IMF, n = 6) adipose tissue of Japanese Black (n = 3) and Holstein (n = 3) cattle (between depots over breeds). * Only transcripts without breed differences were included. Approximately 45 % of transcripts were differently regulated between the depots regardless of breed. (B) Comparison of gene expression profiles in SAT and IMF derived from Japanese Black (n = 3) and Holstein (n = 3) cattle (between breeds within depot). Only 0.6 % (SAT) and 0.9 % (IMF) were differently regulated between the breeds within the respective depots 68. Genes were considered as differently expressed with fold change > 2.0, p < 0.05 and q < 0.30.