Molecular Genetic Breeding of Sheep

Dear Colleagues,

The improvement in comprehensive economic value is the ultimate goal in the sheep industry. Reproductive capacity, growth rate, carcass traits, meat quality, disease resistance, environmental adaptability and many other traits affect economic value in the sheep industry. These complex economic traits are affected by many factors and their mechanisms still need further elucidation. In recent years, with the development of multi-omics technologies, such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics, it has become possible to discover many new molecular biomarkers related to these complex economic traits in sheep. 

This Special Issue on "Molecular Genetic Breeding of Sheep" will focus on various molecular markers such as genes, non-coding RNAs, proteins and metabolites related to these complex economic traits in sheep and how to utilize these molecular markers to enhance the economic traits of sheep in sheep molecular breeding.

I hope that this Special Issue will further stimulate collaboration between scientists engaged in all aspects of complex economic traits in sheep molecular breeding.

Dr. Bin Tong
Guest Editor

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