RNA-Seq of perirenal adipose tissue of Assaf suckling lambs whose dam were subjected to a dietary protein restriction at prepubertal age
Samples of perirenal fat tissue from 8 Assaf breed suckling lambs. These animals were offspring of dams subjected to a Nutritional Protein Restriction (NPR) at the prepubertal age as described by Mateo et al. (2023) [doi: 10.1016/j.livsci.2023.105173]. These animals were reared in the same batch that other 8 Assaf suckling lambs obtained from Control dams of the NPR experiment for which RNA-Seq samples are already available (see E-MTAB-11839 for RNA-Seq data of Control lambs).  These 8 NPR animals were selected from a larger group of 17 NPR suckling lambs for which carcass traits were measured. The 8 selected lambs were those from the 17 initially considered lambs showing the highest and the lowest values , from the larger group, for the percentage of kidney knob and channel fat relative to the right half carcass weight (KKCF). Hence, considering the values for this trait, we defined the High-KKCF group (n = 4; average: 3.26 ± 0.11) and the Low-KKCF group (n = 4; 1.68 ± 0.25), respectively.