From FAANG to fork: application of highly annotated genomes to improve farmed animal production
Emily L. Clark, Alan Archibald, Hans D. Daetwyler, Martien A. M. Groenen, Peter W. Harrison, Ross D. Houston, Christa Kühn, Sigbjørn Lien, Daniel J. Macqueen, James M. Reecy, Diego Robledo, Mick Watson, Christopher K. Tuggle, Elisabetta Giuffra
Abstract
Here we review and describe a set of research priorities to meet present and future challenges posed to farmed animal production that build on progress, successes and resources from the Functional Annotation of ANimal Genomes (FAANG) project.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyHuman geneticsFork (system call)GenomeAnimal productionComputational biologyGenome BiologyGeneticsBiotechnologyEvolutionary biologyGenomicsGeneComputer scienceAnimal scienceOperating systemAnimal Genetics and ReproductionGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals