Advances in Genetic and Metabolic Pathways for Enhanced Milk Yield and Quality
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 78
Special Issue Editor
Interests: milk fat traits; gene regulation network construction; gene expression; epigenetic; circRNA; lincRNA miRNA; mRNA
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Dear Colleagues,
Milk, as an important source of nutrition for humans, plays a central role in global food security and the agricultural economy. With the growth of the population, the upgrading of consumer demands, and the increasing pressure on environmental resources, how to sustainably increase milk production and optimize its nutritional components (such as protein, fat content, and functional ingredients, etc.) through scientific means has become a cutting-edge topic in the fields of animal husbandry science and biotechnology. In recent years, the rapid development of genetics, molecular biology, and systems metabolic engineering has provided unprecedented opportunities for deciphering the genetic basis of animal production traits, regulating metabolic networks, and formulating precise breeding strategies. This Special Issue focuses on the research progress in this field. It aims to integrate the research findings from different animals (including cattle, sheep, horses, etc.), reveal the key genetic and metabolic mechanisms (such as single nucleotide polymorphisms, microRNAs, etc., all of which are included) that drive milk production and quality, and gain a better understanding of the applications of dairy products.
Dr. Zhi Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- milk yield
- milk composition
- transcription factor
- dairy
- heredity
- metabonomics
- breeding strategies
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