Alissa Piekarski

RNA sequencing for global gene expression associated with muscle growth in a single male modern broiler line compared to a foundational Barred Plymouth Rock chicken line

Byung‐Whi Kong, Nicholas J. Hudson, Dongwon Seo et al. · BMC Genomics · 2017 · 80 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Genetics, Poultry Science +15

Orexin system is expressed in avian muscle cells and regulates mitochondrial dynamics

Kentu Lassiter, Elizabeth Greene, Alissa Piekarski et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology · 2014 · 61 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Physiology +11

Chenodeoxycholic acid reduces feed intake and modulates the expression of hypothalamic neuropeptides and hepatic lipogenic genes in broiler chickens

Alissa Piekarski, Eddy Decuypere, Johan Buyse et al. · General and Comparative Endocrinology · 2016 · 48 citations

Agriculture, Nutritional Sciences, Poultry Science +16

Tissue Distribution, Gender- and Genotype-Dependent Expression of Autophagy-Related Genes in Avian Species

Alissa Piekarski, Stephanie Khaldi, Elizabeth Greene et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 29 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Poultry Science +16

Differential expression of feeding-related hypothalamic neuropeptides in the first generation of quails divergently selected for low or high feed efficiency

Kaley Blankenship, Alex David Gilley, Alissa Piekarski et al. · Neuropeptides · 2015 · 26 citations

Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Physiology +16