代谢组学应用于猪重要经济性状遗传解析

doi:10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.10.003

Abstract

Abstract:

With the rapid development of omics technology, high-throughput detection technologies of omics at all levels are emerging. As a new research field rising in the late 20th century, metabolomics can not only identify and detect all metabolites in organisms, but also use advanced analysis technology and data processing platform to analyze the collected metabolite information in depth and comprehensively. It can not only comprehensively and dynamically monitor the metabolic changes in pigs during growth and development, but also provide a new method for the mechanism analysis of economic traits by combining multi-omics data. This paper mainly summarizes the latest progress of metabolomics in the study of important economic traits such as pig growth, meat quality, reproduction and disease resistance, and discusses its challenges and application prospects, so as to provide reference for the application of metabolomics in the study of important economic traits of pigs in the future.

Key words: metabolomics, metabolite, pig, economic traits

CLC Number:

S828.2

GAO Zhimiao, NI Haihua, WANG Yanping, ZHAO Xueyan, LI Jingxuan, WANG Jiying, ZHANG Qin. Application of Metabolomics in Genetic Analysis of Important Economic Traits in Pigs[J]. Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica, 2025, 56(10): 4787-4795.

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