Integrative Analysis of the Metabolome and Transcriptome Reveals the Mechanism Underlying Differences in Skin Development Between the New Zealand Rabbit and the Rex Rabbit
Bohao Zhao, Jiawei Cai, Ziyang Bai, Ting Chen, Aoyun Fan, Xinyu Cao, Yang Chen, Xinsheng Wu · 2026
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Bohao Zhao and co-authors compare skin and fur growth in two rabbit breeds, in a 2026 study. Rex rabbits give prized soft fur for textiles, while New Zealand White rabbits are raised for meat. Why their skin builds such different coats was not fully understood at the level of genes and small molecules.
The team raised forty rabbits, twenty of each breed, under the same feeding and housing. Rex rabbits turned out to have shorter fibers and thinner fur than the meat breed. Chemical scans of back skin found 267 differing small molecules, mostly fats and organic acids, and gene reads showed matching shifts in activity. Pairing the two data types points to the paths that shape coat quality.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bohao Zhao, Jiawei Cai, Ziyang Bai, Ting Chen, Aoyun Fan, Xinyu Cao, Yang Chen, Xinsheng Wu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |