Transcriptomic dataset from peripheral white blood cells of beef heifers at weaning.

Reproductive failure of replacement breeding animals is one of the leading causes of loss to the beef production industry. The losses are further increased due to the inability to diagnose the reproductive potential of the beef heifer prior to the breeding season until the pregnancy outcome. To overcome this problem, a system to discriminate beef heifers with varying reproductive potential as early and accurately as possible is demanded. The omics technologies, such as transcriptomics, could predict the future reproductive potential of beef heifers. Therefore, this manuscript provides the gene expression profile dataset using RNA-Seq identified from peripheral white blood cells (PWBC) of beef heifers at weaning. To accomplish this, the blood samples were collected at the time of weaning, processed to extract the PWBC pellet and stored at - 80 °C until further processing. After the breeding protocol (artificial insemination (AI) followed by natural bull service) and pregnancy diagnosis, the heifers that were pregnant to AI (

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