Fig. 5

Expression levels of genes related to fatty acid (FA) metabolism in pectoralis of chickens with high- or low-IMF content. Each 8 individuals in the groups with high- or low-IMF content from 520 JXY chickens were used for RNA-sequencing. Genes involved in various processes of FA metabolism, including de novo synthesis (FASN, SRFBP1), release (LPL), desaturation (SCD5), elongation (ELOVL5, ELOVL7), transport (FABP4, FABP5, FABP9, CD36) and activation (ACSL5). Data are expressed as the mean ± standard error of mean (SEM); n = 8