Genetic Analysis of Important Traits in Poultry

Dear Colleagues,

Chicken is one of the most efficient livestock. This has been achieved by improvements in several areas, but especially due to the genetic selection. Poultry production has had a great advance in the last few decades, but there are still many challenges to be addressed, such as dealing with metabolic problems that have occurred due to the rapid growth and the inclusion of new phenotypes in breeding programs. New technologies have allowed the discovery of genes and their functions, which opened new possibilities for improve poultry production.

This Special Issue will cover different types of analysis, from genetic parameter estimates of new phenotypes to the high-throughput analysis involving omics to unravel the genetic control of complex traits of interest in poultry. Current research integrating analysis of multi-omics for the identification of candidate genes and functional variants underlying economically important traits will also be part of this Special Issue.

Dr. Mônica Corrêa Ledur
Dr. Adriana M. G. Ibelli
Dr. Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira
Guest Editors

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