Table 3.
Candidate gene expression for lipid metabolism comparison between adipose tissue and longissimus lumborum in Alentejano (AL) and Bísaro (BI) pigs assessed with qPCR. Positive values indicate overexpression in AL and negative values overexpression in BI.
| Genes | Adipose Tissue | Longissimus lumborum | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| log2 FC | p-Value | log2 FC | p-Value | |
| ACACA | 1.055 | 0.077 | 0.150 | 0.338 |
| ACLY | 1.601 | 0.068 | 0.362 | 0.017 |
| ADIPOQ | −0.685 | 0.110 | 0.783 | 0.007 |
| ELOVL6 | 0.671 | 0.136 | 0.540 | 0.001 |
| FASN | 1.359 | 0.100 | 0.367 | 0.115 |
| LEP | 0.929 | 0.046 | 1.524 | 0.056 |
| ME1 | 1.008 | 0.106 | 0.627 | 0.010 |
| SCD | 1.351 | 0.087 | 1.325 | 0.131 |