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    The role of offspring genotype-by-sex interactions, independently of environmental cues, on the phenotype traits of an obese swine model
    (2020) González Bulnes, Antonio; Heras Molina, Ana; Pesántez Pacheco, José Luis; Astiz, Susana; Garcia Contreras, Consolación; Vázquez Gómez, Marta; Beatriz, Isabel; Ovilo, Cristina
    The present study aimed to assess the importance of offspring genotype on postnatal development, independently of confounding factors related to prenatal environment and postnatal lifestyle, using a translational model of obesity and metabolic syndrome (the Iberian pig). Hence, we compared two genotypes (purebred Iberian and crossbreds Iberian × Large White), produced in one single maternal environment (pure Iberian mothers) through artificial insemination of Iberian sows with Iberian and Large White heterospermic semen and maintained in the same conditions during postnatal development. The results indicate that, under same pre-and postnatal environments, the interaction genotype-by-sex has a determinant role on offspring phenotype (i.e., growth and development, metabolic and antioxidant status and fatty acid composition of different tissues). These results may set the basis for future preclinical and clinical research on the differences in the metabolic phenotype among genotypes.