TY - JOUR T1 - Expression Analysis of HIF-1α and HIF-2α Genes in Tibetan Chicken under Normoxia and Hypoxia AU - Fang, M. AU - Zhang, J.B. AU - Dong, X.X. AU - Bai, Y. AU - Yang, Y.Z. JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 10 IS - 16 SP - 2172 EP - 2175 PY - 2011 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2011.2172.2175 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.2172.2175 KW - hypoxia KW -normoxia KW -HIF-2a KW -HIF-1a KW -Tibetan chicken KW -adaptability AB - Tibetan chicken is one of those chicken breeds that could adapt to high altitude and low O2 tension environment; it owes an integrative genetic mechanism for hypoxia adaptability compared to lowland chicken breeds. HIF-1α and HIF-2α are the central factors playing important roles in maintaining organisms’s oxygen homeostasis. In this study, the expression of HIF-1α and HIF-2α genes were investigated by Real Time-PCR in Tibetan chicken and Dwarf chicken embryo brain tissue under normoxia (21% oxygen concentration) and hypoxia (13% oxygen concentration). The results showed that Tibetan chicken always had lower mortality than Dwarf chicken during the incubation. We also detected higher HIF-αs expression at the late of incubation (18th day) compared with that at 12th day in all tested samples; we further obtained the expression pattern of HIF-αs genes in dead embryos was opposite to that in live embryos. ER -