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Research Project: Increasing Accuracy of Genomic Prediction, Developing Algorithms, Selecting Markers, and Evaluating New Traits to Improve Dairy Cattle

Location: Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory

Title: Editorial: Lactation genomics and phenomics in farm animals: Where are we at?

Author
item WU, XIAO-LIN - Council On Dairy Cattle Breeding
item DING, XIANGDONG - China Agricultural University
item ZAHO, YUNXIA - Huazhong Agricultural University
item Miles, Asha
item BRITO, LUIS - Purdue University
item HERINGSTAD, BJORG - Norwegian University Of Life Sciences
item ZHAO, SHUHONG - Huazhong Agricultural University
item JIANG, ZHIHUA - Washington State University

Submitted to: Frontiers in Genetics
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/11/2023
Publication Date: 4/18/2023
Citation: Wu, X.-L., Ding, X., Zaho, Y., Miles, A.M., Brito, L.F., Heringstad, B., Zhao, S., Jiang, Z. 2023. Editorial: Lactation genomics and phenomics in farm animals: Where are we at? Frontiers in Genetics. 14:1173595. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1173595.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1173595

Interpretive Summary: Lactation is a crucial process for dairy animals, as it provides the primary source of nutrition for their offspring, and a balanced source of nutrients for human consumption. This Research Topic comprises nine papers on a wide range of topics related to lactation genomics and phenomics. Looking forward, we expect that integrating lactation phenomics and genomics will continue to provide a more comprehensive understanding of lactation biology and aid in developing better tools for dairy management and genetic improvement.

Technical Abstract: Over the past two decades, genomics has revolutionized dairy cattle breeding worldwide, leading to significantly reduced generation intervals and increased genetic gain by year. Now, there is a renewed interest in collecting high-throughput data on individual animals driven by various research initiatives and promising technologies for massive, low-cost, and accurate phenotypes. The studies of lactation genomics involve investigating the genome’s structure, function, evolution, and regulation that underly lactation biology. This Research Topic comprises nine papers on a wide range of topics related to lactation genomics and phenomics.