How to Safeguard Local Heritage: From Conservation to Breeding Strategies
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 8235
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cattle breeding; animal genetics
Interests: cattle breeding; animal genetics; statistical genetics; genomics; quantitative genetics; genetic diversity; horse genetics
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Interests: animal breeding & genetics; quantitative genetics; statistical genetics/genomics; dairy and meat science
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The long‐term survival of local breeds depends on strategies that both monitor their genetic diversity and find a sustainable role in the current and future markets. Genetic conservation is the primary tool to save a breed from extinction. Nevertheless, investing in its economic value through selective breeding and management strategies might likewise be an effective strategy. This Special Issue aims to share knowledge in livestock for characterizing, collecting, and monitoring variability to protect and enhance local heritage.
For this Special Issue, we invite original research (analyzing field data or simulation studies) and reviews covering all of the possibilities to safeguard native livestock populations, with particular focus on population genetics and diversity assessment, together with crossbreeding and optimal contribution selection strategies. In addition, research on farming systems’ characterization and the exploitation of novel opportunities to adapt local breeds to modern farming systems are also encouraged.
Dr. Alberto Sabbioni
Dr. Michela Ablondi
Dr. Christos Dadousis
Dr. Elena Mariani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Pedigree
- Genotype
- Genomics
- Morphology
- Local breed
- Sustainability
- Genetic diversity
- Inbreeding
- Runs of homozygosity