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Genomic selection and assisted reproduction technologies to foster cattle breeding

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Genomics has been propagated as a paradigm shifting innovation in livestock during the last decade. The possibility of predicting breeding values using genomic information has revolutionized the dairy cattle industry and is now being implemented in beef cattle. In this paper we discuss how genomics is changing cattle breeding through genomic selection, and how this change is creating new ways to articulate assisted reproduction technologies with animal breeding. We also debate that the scientific community is still starting the long journey to reveal the functional aspects of the cattle genome, and that knowledge in this field is the frontier to a whole new venue for the development of novel applications in the livestock sector.

Source: Americanae (AECID Library)

Authors: Garcia, J. F., Alonso, R. V., Utsunomiya, Y. T., Carmo, A. S.

Institutions: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Universidade de São Paulo, Deoxi Biotecnologia (Brazil)

Language: English

Topic: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

Funders: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico