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- Title
The role of molecular genetics in livestock production.
- Authors
Ferreira de Camargo, Gregório Miguel
- Abstract
Genetic variations that lead to easy-to-identify phenotypic changes have always been of interest to livestock breeders since domestication. Molecular genetics has opened up possibilities for identifying these variations and understanding their biological and population effects. Moreover, molecular genetics is part of the most diverse approaches and applications in animal production nowadays, including paternity testing, selection based on genetic variants, diagnostic of genetic diseases, reproductive biotechniques, fraud identification, differentiation of hybrids, parasite identification, genetic evaluation, diversity studies, and genome editing, among others. Therefore, the objective of this review was to describe the different applications of molecular genetics in livestock production, contextualising them with examples and highlighting the importance of the study of these topics and their applications. The present review shows the application of molecular genetics in different areas of livestock production. The aim was to give good examples to be used in teaching or research. As far as we know, it is the first review that pieces together many aspects of molecular biology in animal husbandry.
- Subjects
LIVESTOCK breeders; DOMESTICATION of animals; MOLECULAR genetics
- Publication
Animal Production Science, 2019, Vol 59, Issue 2, p201
- ISSN
1836-0939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1071/AN18013