Rita Benitez
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Recent Articles
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Garrido N, Izquierdo M, Hernandez-Garcia F, Nunez Y, Garcia-Torres S, Benitez R, et al.
Animals (Basel)
. 2023 Apr;
13(7).
PMID: 37048394
The Iberian pig breed includes several well-differentiated strains. The present study evaluated carcass traits, fat deposition and muscle expression of important lipogenic genes (, , , , , and using...
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Heras-Molina A, Nunez Y, Benitez R, Pesantez-Pacheco J, Garcia-Contreras C, Vazquez-Gomez M, et al.
PLoS One
. 2022 Aug;
17(8):e0272775.
PMID: 35972914
The hypothalamus is implicated in controlling feeding and adiposity, besides many other physiological functions, and thus can be of great importance in explaining productive differences between lean and fatty pig...
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Benitez R, Nunez Y, Ayuso M, Isabel B, Fernandez-Barroso M, de Mercado E, et al.
Animals (Basel)
. 2021 Dec;
11(12).
PMID: 34944282
This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of developmental stage, breed, and diet energy source on the genome-wide expression, meat quality traits, and tissue composition of muscle in growing...
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Heras-Molina A, Pesantez-Pacheco J, Garcia-Contreras C, Vazquez-Gomez M, Lopez A, Benitez R, et al.
Animals (Basel)
. 2021 Jul;
11(6).
PMID: 34200304
Maternal supplementation with antioxidants and n-3 PUFAs may be a promising strategy to reduce the risk of intrauterine growth restriction and preterm delivery, which may diminish the appearance of low-birth-neonates....
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Albuquerque A, Ovilo C, Nunez Y, Benitez R, Lopez-Garcia A, Garcia F, et al.
Animals (Basel)
. 2021 Jun;
11(5).
PMID: 34065673
Gene expression is one of the main factors to influence meat quality by modulating fatty acid metabolism, composition, and deposition rates in muscle tissue. This study aimed to explore the...
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Lopez-Garcia A, Benitez R, Nunez Y, Gomez-Izquierdo E, de Mercado E, Garcia-Casco J, et al.
PLoS One
. 2021 May;
16(5):e0251804.
PMID: 34014992
Background: Phenotypic variability for productive and meat quality traits has been largely studied in Iberian pigs, especially in genetic selection and nutritional experiments. Complex interactions among genetic background, diet composition...
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Nunez Y, Radovic C, Savic R, Garcia-Casco J, candek-Potokar M, Benitez R, et al.
Animals (Basel)
. 2021 Apr;
11(3).
PMID: 33809803
This work was aimed at evaluating loin transcriptome and metabolic pathway differences between the two main Serbian local pig breeds with divergent characteristics regarding muscle growth and fatness, as well...
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Albuquerque A, Ovilo C, Nunez Y, Benitez R, Lopez-Garcia A, Garcia F, et al.
Genes (Basel)
. 2020 Apr;
11(4).
PMID: 32326415
When compared to modern lean-type breeds, Portuguese local Alentejano (AL) and Bísaro (BI) pig breeds present a high potential for subcutaneous and intramuscular fat (IMF) deposition which contributes for better...
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Garcia-Contreras C, Madsen O, Groenen M, Lopez-Garcia A, Vazquez-Gomez M, Astiz S, et al.
PLoS One
. 2020 Jan;
15(1):e0227861.
PMID: 31990923
Growth is dependent on genotype and diet, even at early developmental stages. In this study, we investigated the effects of genotype, sex, and body weight on the fetal muscle transcriptome...
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Criado-Mesas L, Ballester M, Crespo-Piazuelo D, Castello A, Benitez R, Fernandez A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2019 Aug;
14(8):e0220708.
PMID: 31393967
IGF2:g.3072G>A polymorphism has been described as the causal mutation of a maternally imprinted QTL for muscle growth and fat deposition in pigs. The objective of the current work was to...