Modern agriculture relies on integrated farming approaches that combine advanced science, technology, and management practices to enhance efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and food quality while minimizing environmental impacts.This shift reflects a broader transition from traditional, labor-intensive methods to data-driven, technology-based, and systems-based production.For livestock and aquaculture systems, advances in animal breeding and genetics have substantially improved their productivity, health, and sustainability.Over the past two decades, rapid progress in genomic technologies, such as wholegenome sequencing, transcriptomics, structural variant detection, gene editing, epigenetics, and high-throughput phenotyping, has greatly expanded our ability to dissect the genetic architecture of complex traits and implement precision breeding strategies.Despite these advances, translating genomic discoveries into tangible improvements in agricultural systems remains a key challenge.This Research Topic, Exploring the Intersection of Animal Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics in Modern Agriculture, brings together 10 manuscripts spanning livestock, poultry, aquaculture, and camelid systems.Together, these contributions demonstrate how integrating genomics, transcriptomics, and economic analyses can accelerate genetic improvement, enhance disease resilience, and support sustainable livestock and aquaculture production under diverse environmental conditions. Genetic diversityMaintaining genetic diversity is essential for long-term breeding progress, conservation of genetic resources, and resilience to environmental change.
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