From FAANG to fork: application of highly annotated genomes to improve farmed animal production
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) reports that by the year 2050 the global human population is likely to reach 9.7 billion, rising to 11.2 billion by 2100 ( https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/Key_Findings_WPP_2015.pdf ). This population growth poses several challenges to the global food system, which will need to produce more healthy food using fewer natural resources, reducing the environmental impact, conserving biodiversity and flexibly adjusting to changing societal expectations. Meeting this demand requires environmentally sustainable improvements to farmed animal health and welfare, and of efficiency and diversification (e.g. to include a broader range of locally adapted species) [ 1 ]. The changes in breeding strategies and management practises required to meet these goals will need to build on an improved ability to accurately use genotype to predict phenotype in the world’s farmed animal species, both terrestrial and aquatic (Fig. 1 ).
Source: Genome biology
Institutions: Queen's University Belfast, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, La Trobe University, Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Wageningen University & Research, European Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), University of Rostock, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Iowa State University, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $4,990
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington State University, Wellcome Trust, European Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Commission, European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Gardiner Foundation, La Trobe University, Agriculture Victoria, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Directorate for Biological Sciences, Agricultural Research Service, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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OpenAlex ID: W3108844191