Genetics and Genomics Applied to Aquatic Animal Science—2nd Edition
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 December 2024) | Viewed by 3950
Special Issue Editors
Interests: RNA-seq; bioinformatics; functional genomics; GWAS; livestock genomics; conservation of animal genetic resources
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquatic animals play a critical role in the global food supply and have become a primary source for human diets. Compared to crops and livestock, the production of aquatic animals is fast-growing due to modern aquaculture and the genetic improvement of aquatic animals. The genetic improvement of economic traits via molecular selective breeding has become increasingly important to help meet the rising food demand driven by human population growth. In particular, the genetics and genomics of aquatic animals provide huge opportunities for genetic gains in breeding programs.
With the continuous advances in sequencing techniques and bioinformatics, genetics and genomics have been widely used in breeding studies of aquatic animals in recent years. For instance, ultra-long reads generated by PacBio or Nanopore sequencing platforms allow us to obtain a large number of genetic variations and candidate functional genes associated with breeding traits. Additionally, with the aid of RNA-seq and whole-genome sequencing or resequencing methods, we can accurately evaluate the genetic regulation patterns and genetic backgrounds of aquatic resources.
In this Special Issue, we welcome papers in the field of the genetics and genomics of aquatic animals, such as fish, crustaceans, and turtles, including the identification of candidate functional genes or QTLs related to important traits and genetic resource evaluation with genome-wide markers. Manuscripts focusing on the application of high-throughput sequencing approaches and biotechnological innovations, such as RNA-seq, gene editing, WGS, genome resequencing in genome selection, and BS-seq, are encouraged.
Dr. Shaokui Yi
Dr. Xiaojun Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- breeding trait
- gene function
- genetic map
- gene editing
- transcriptome
- GWAS
- QTL
- genome resequencing
- molecular marker
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