Hypothalamic miRNA Expression in Sunite Sheep Under Three Photoperiods

Yajing Shao's dataset from 2026 contains miRNA sequencing results from Sunite sheep hypothalami under short, long, and transitional photoperiods. It includes counts of differentially expressed miRNAs and functional pathway annotations. The data is stored in an 11.2 KB XLSX file.

Use Cases

• Identify differentially expressed miRNAs based on photoperiod conditions described in the study.
• Analyze co-expression networks of miRNAs and their predicted target mRNAs.
• Investigate enrichment of target genes in reproductive signaling pathways like GnRH, prolactin, VEGF, and Wnt.
• Validate candidate miRNAs such as oar-miR-370-5p, oar-miR-10b, and oar-miR-3957-3p for functional studies.

Strengths

• Data is derived from miRNA-sequencing with three biological replicates per photoperiod group.
• Analysis identified specific counts of differentially expressed miRNAs: 57 between SP vs. LP, 47 between SP vs. SLP, and 12 between LP vs. SLP.
• Includes functional annotation linking target genes to specific KEGG pathways relevant to reproduction.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 11.2 KB, indicating limited scope, likely containing summary results rather than raw sequencing data.

Provenance

Source

Yajing Shao via figshare.

Collection Method

miRNA-sequencing of Sunite sheep hypothalamic tissue under controlled photoperiod conditions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 05:36:34.