Genetic regulation and variation of expression of miRNA and mRNA transcripts in fetal muscle tissue in the context of sex, dam and variable fetal weight.

"the expression data of both mirna and mrnas are available in the gene expression omnibus public repository with the geo accession number gse169094 gse162754 and gse162755.; data availability the expression data are available in the gene expression omnibus public repository with the geo accession number gse169094 gse162754 and gse162755. data availability the expression data are available in the gene expression omnibus public repository with the geo accession number gse169094"

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAnimal care and tissue collection procedures were approved by the Animal Care Committee of the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) and carried out in accordance with the approved guidelines for safeguarding good scientific practice. Measures were taken to minimize pain and discomfort to comply with the European Union Directive (86/609/EEC) on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. For this study, the animals were used for meat production and underwent no experimental treatment, diagnostic sampling, or any other intervention before killing therefore not requiring specific ethical approval. Animal handling as well as the killing was in accordance with applicable laws, relevant guidelines, and provisions for ethical regulations. Consent for publicationNo application. Competing interestsAll authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests All authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. This research was funded in the framework of the FBN’s programme budget and received no external funding."