Functional Genomics, Genetics Breeding and Improvement of Domestic Animals
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2024) | Viewed by 10382
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal breeding; functional genomics; epigenomics
Interests: animal genetics; functional genomics; animal biotechnology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid advancement of high-throughput sequencing technologies and functional genomics in domestic animals, the integration of multi-omics data has emerged as an efficient approach to identify both coding and non-coding genes, along with regulatory elements associated with economical traits. Additionally, genome-wide association studies have successfully identified numerous loci and markers linked to important traits. However, the breeding values derived from these advancements remain poorly evaluated, and their practical applications in breeding are largely understudied. Fortunately, genomic selection and gene editing have been proven to significantly expedite the breeding process. As a result, there is a growing need to develop new algorithms, methods and tools for genomic selection and gene editing, making them a research hot topic in the field of animal genetics and breeding.
In this Special Issue, we invite original articles and reviews that contribute to our understanding of various aspects related to the identification of candidate genes and regulatory elements, the elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying important economical traits, and the exploration of breeding methods and technologies for animal improvement. We eagerly anticipate your valuable contributions.
Dr. Yalan Yang
Dr. Rong Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- domestic animals
- functional genomics
- multi-omics
- genome selection
- genome-wide association study
- gene editing
- economical traits
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