ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2018, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (12): 2535-2542.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2018.12.001

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Progress on Application of Genomic Selection in Sheep and Goat Breeding

ZHANG Tong-yu1, WEI Xia1, ZHANG Qin2, DU Li-xin1, WANG Li-xian1*, ZHAO Fu-ping1*   

  1. 1. Key Laborary of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction(Poultry) of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China;
    2. College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2018-06-21 Online:2018-12-23 Published:2018-12-23

Abstract:

As a new genetic evaluation method in livestock and poultry, genomic selection(GS)has been applied in dairy cattle breeding and gained remarkable success. With the improvement of reference genomes of sheep and goats and the availability of SNP chips with different densities, the application of GS in sheep and goats has also being undertaken in New Zealand,Australia,France,etc.. In this review, we summarized the current status of application of GS, factors affecting the accuracy of GEBVs and the advantages of GS in sheep and goat breeding. Moreover, we also discussed potential problems, aiming to provide a reference for carrying out GS in sheep and goat breeding in China.

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