Yáñez José M, Xu Peng, Carvalheiro Roberto, Hayes Ben
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile.
Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms College of Ocean and Earth Sciences Xiamen University Xiamen China.
Evol Appl. 2022 Apr 18;15(4):517-522. doi: 10.1111/eva.13378. eCollection 2022 Apr.
The increasing global demand for food, due to the continuous growth of human population, requires improvements in the efficiency and sustainability of animal production systems. In addition, several challenges facing farming of aquatic and terrestrial organisms need to be overcome to ensure food security in the upcoming decades, e.g. adaptation to climate change, reduced availability of conventional animal feed ingredients, emerging infectious and parasitic diseases, among others. Genomic technologies such as massive parallel sequencing, high-throughput genotyping, genome selection and gene editing, combined with highly efficient computational methods can accelerate the rate of genetic progress in animal breeding. Thus, such technologies can help us meet the needs for protein sources for human consumption in the upcoming years. This Special Issue aims at presenting current advancements in the field of genomic tools applied to aquatic and terrestrial farmed animal populations.
由于人口持续增长，全球对食物的需求不断增加，这就需要提高动物生产系统的效率和可持续性。此外，为确保未来几十年的粮食安全，需要克服水产和陆生生物养殖面临的若干挑战，例如适应气候变化、传统动物饲料成分的可获得性降低、新出现的传染病和寄生虫病等。大规模平行测序、高通量基因分型、基因组选择和基因编辑等基因组技术，与高效的计算方法相结合，可以加快动物育种的遗传进展速度。因此，这些技术可以帮助我们满足未来几年人类消费蛋白质来源的需求。本期特刊旨在介绍应用于水产和陆生养殖动物群体的基因组工具领域的当前进展。
