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Table 1 Description of the different libraries

From: A pig multi-tissue normalised cDNA library: large-scale sequencing, cluster analysis and 9K micro-array resource generation

N° library

Tissues

Adult (A), young (Y) or fetal (F) animal

Number of recombinant clones

1-Brain

Hippocampus (A)

800 000

 

Hypothalamus (A)

 
 

Pituitary gland (A)

 
 

Cerebral trunk (A)

 
 

Brain (F)

 

2-Digestive function

Stomach (A + F)

822 500

 

Small intestine (A + F)

 
 

Large intestine (A + F)

 
 

Gall-bladder (A)

 

3-Glands

Adrenals (A)

800 000

 

Kidney (A)

 
 

Liver (A + F)

 
 

Thymus (A + Y)

 
 

Spleen (A)

 
 

Pancreas (A)

 

4-Heart and muscle

Heart (A + F)

1 800 000

 

Muscle (A + F)

 
 

Skin (A)

 
 

Melanocytes (A)

 
 

Adipose tissue (A)

 

5-Male reproductive organs

Gonads (F)

780 000

 

Epididymis (A)

 
 

Seminal vesicle (A)

 
 

Bulbourethral gland (A)

 
 

Testis (A)

 

6-Female reproductive organs

Gonads (F)

1 325 000

 

Ovary (A + F)

 
 

Uterus (A)

 
 

Placenta

 
 

Mammary gland (A)

 

Normalized (N)

Mix of libraries 1 to 6

6 400 000

  1. Tissue samples from Meishan and Large White pigs at different stages of development or in different physiological conditions (fetus (F), young (Y) or adult animal (A), pregnant, stressed or control animals) were taken and 6 libraries were constructed.