Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Peebles, E. David

Committee Member

Kiess, S. Aaron

Committee Member

Willeford, O. Kenneth

Committee Member

Zhai, Wei

Date of Degree

4-30-2011

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Poultry Science

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department

Department of Poultry Science

Abstract

The Musculus complexus (pipping muscle) plays a primary role in the hatching of the chick from the eggshell at the end of its embryonic life. Various metabolic and cellular changes have been associated with the pipping muscle during development. These studies profiled the pipping muscle at the molecular level by identifying proteins which are associated with the developmental changes. In the first phase of the study, protein expression profile of the Day 13 chicken embryo pipping muscle was obtained using DDF with nano HPLC mass spectrometric analyzer. Identified proteins were categorized based on Gene Ontology. In the second phase, pipping muscle lymph was profiled from Day 20 chicken embryo using PCT with LTQ-Orbitrap mass spectrometric analyzer. The identification of constituent proteins of the piping muscle provides a better understanding of the complex cellular processes and functionality of the pipping muscle with potential benefits for improving hatchability in the poultry industry.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/15133

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