Conservation, Innovation, and Genetic Analysis of Pig Germplasm Resources
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Farm Animal Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026 | Viewed by 32
Special Issue Editors
Interests: genetics; disease resistance; meat quality; chinese indigenous pigs; pig breeding
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Dear Colleagues,
With increasing challenges in biodiversity loss, understanding the genetic diversity, adaptive traits, and breeding potential of pig germplasm resources is crucial to develop the pig industry.
The aim of this Special Issue, titled "Conservation, Innovation, and Genetic Analysis of Pig Germplasm Resources", is presenting current high-quality research on the conservation of indigenous pig breeds, genetic analysis of different adaptive traits including growth rate, meat quality, and disease resistance, innovative utilization of pig germplasm resources. This Special Issue welcomes studies on multi-omics analyses, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epigenomics, and microbiomics, for characterizing pig genetic resources. This Special Issue also welcomes the application of biotechnology and information technology to study pig germplasm resources.
The contributions of this Special Issue will support the swine research community in exploring the genetic dissection of complex traits, while advancing cryopreservation, reproductive biotechnologies, and genomic selection methods for the pig industry in the future. We look forward to your submissions.
Prof. Dr. Xiang Zhou
Dr. Ting Gu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pig
- multi-omics analyses
- germplasm resources
- conservation
- breed
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