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To review the integration of metabolomics and livestock genomics for enhanced intermediate trait phenotyping and improved animal breeding strategies.

January 1, 2016Animal FrontiersOpen Access

Metabolomics and livestock genomics: Insights into a phenotyping frontier and its applications in animal breeding

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LFLuca FontanesiZambon (Italy)

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Review reveals the role of metabolomics as intermediate phenotypes in livestock, indicating new potential for genomic prediction and selective breeding.

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To review the integration of metabolomics and livestock genomics for enhanced intermediate trait phenotyping and improved animal breeding strategies.
Synthesized current literature examining metabolomic profiling in biofluids such as milk, plasma, and serum across livestock species.
Evaluated the application of metabolite genome-wide association studies (mGWAS) and systems genetics network modeling in cattle and pigs.
Demonstrated that metabotypes function effectively as intermediate phenotypes connecting genomic variation to complex traits like growth rate, milk yield, and fat deposition.
Identified that integrating mGWAS with multi-omics network reconstruction elucidates livestock genetic architecture and enhances the accuracy of breeding value prediction.

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Luca Fontanesi (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dc8af3a5c75be4cfe52f6f https://doi.org/10.2527/af.2016-0011

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Review reveals the role of metabolomics as intermediate phenotypes in livestock, indicating new potential for genomic prediction and selective breeding.

Metabolomics and livestock genomics: Insights into a phenotyping frontier and its applications in animal breeding

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Metabolomics and livestock genomics: Insights into a phenotyping frontier and its applications in animal breeding

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