Advances in Genetics and Genomics of Pig Production
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Pigs".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 4213
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal breeding and genetics; genomic selection; high-throughput phenotyping; pigs, dairy cows; milk quality; pork quality; health traits
Interests: livestock genomics; livestock phenomics; whole-genome sequencing; genome-wide association studies; pig genetics and breeding; conservation of animal genetic resources
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Dear Colleagues,
Pig genetic improvement has rapidly progressed over recent decades, moving through various levels of technology utilization. Over time, breeding goals have expanded from a sole focus on physical appearance, feed efficiency, lean % and growth to today’s breeding goals, which include lifetime reproduction, robustness, resilience and meat quality. Over the past few decades, there has been a rapid development of high-throughput genome analysis methods, including next-generation sequencing (NGS) and single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping. Advances in DNA technology have substantially increased opportunities for the implementation of genomic selection in pigs, leading to the development of fast, cost-effective, and more accurate methods for the implementation of breeding programs. The focus will remain on identifying relevant new phenotypes and implementing tools to measure traits effectively. For this Special Issue, original research manuscripts covering all aspects of pig genetics and genomics are welcome, in particular those with a focus on quantitative genetics of new phenotypes, genomic selection, breeding programs, gene polymorphisms, quantitative trait loci mapping, identification of causative mutations affecting economically relevant traits, and the exploitation of pig genetic resources.
Prof. Dr. Valentina Bonfatti
Prof. Dr. Luca Fontanesi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genetic improvement
- animal breeding
- genomic selection
- genetic variability
- pig production
- phenomics
- high-throughput phenotyping
- pork quality
- health
- reproduction
- feed efficiency
- growth, disease resistance
- QTL
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