Molecular Genetic Regulation and Precision Breeding Strategies for Economically Important Traits in Poultry
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Farm Animal Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 913
Special Issue Editors
Interests: poultry; genetics and breeding; gene function; epigenetics; molecular-marker-assisted breeding; adipogenesis
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Interests: chicken; epigenomics; genomic selection; multi-omics; gene regulation; structural variation; genome-wide association study
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Meeting escalating global demands for poultry products with enhanced yield efficiency, disease resilience, and superior meat/egg quality represents a pivotal challenge in modern animal agriculture. In this context, molecular genetic insights into economically critical traits—such as growth efficiency, feed conversion, disease resistance, and product quality—are fundamental to advancing precision breeding frameworks. Harnessing modern omics technologies are imperative to decode the biological mechanisms underpinning these traits and translate discoveries into sustainable breeding solutions.
This Special Issue focuses on integrating molecular genetics with precision breeding strategies to optimize economically vital traits in poultry species (chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc.). We seek interdisciplinary research bridging genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, and biotechnology to (1) elucidate genetic/epigenetic regulation of key traits; (2) develop gene-editing applications; (3) implement genomic selection and marker-assisted breeding; and (4) explore novel biomarkers for trait phenotyping. All types of articles, such as original research, opinions, and reviews, are welcome.
Dr. Tao Zhang
Prof. Dr. Zhuanjian Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- precision poultry breeding
- quantitative trait loci
- phenomics
- epigenomics
- genomic selection
- gene editing
- multi-omics
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