PS12-17. Effects of maternal rate of body weight gain and one-carbon metabolite supplementation on piRNA expression and predicted mRNA targets in bovine fetal muscle.
Periods of inadequate maternal nutrition during pregnancy and nutritional imbalances during critical windows of fetal development can have lasting consequences on offspring growth, metabolism, and performance. These effects are largely mediated through epigenetic mechanisms. Among them, small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs...