Livestock Epigenetic Diversity
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 518
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fatty acids; milk composition; animal productions; casein gene cluster; goat, sheep; growth hormone; polymorphism; duplicate GH gene; epigenetics; molecular markers
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Dear Colleagues,
epigenetic processes include different molecular mechanisms, such as DNA methylation and chromatin remodelling, which can be inherited from one generation to the next. Such processes can affect gene expression, imprinting, animal phenotype and behaviuor, in addition to animal welfare, as they are also involved in immunity and response to stress. As long as epigenetic information contributes to determine the animal phenotype as a complement to sequence information, then epigenetic research, framed in a multiomics network of knowledge, can help to better understand the relationship between environment, genotype, transcriptome and proteome in livestock.
With the increase of the world’s population, causing a growing demand for food, and in the presence of global climate change, livestock farming is called to improve productivity and, at the same time, to respect animal welfare, obtain quality products, lower environmental footprint etc. In this context, epigenetic diversity studies can provide detailed information useful for sustainable farming, in addition to biotechnology, digital technology and information and communication technologies (ICT).
This special issue has the purpose to bring together scientific contributions that investigate the epigenetic profiling of farmed animals, in relation to different environmental conditions and to different tissues, in the context of livestock productions. Epigenetic profiling in wild animals, in relation to the different natural habitats and environments are also welcomed.
Dr. Maria Luisa Dettori
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- epigenetic profiling
- livestock farming
- epigenetic diversity
- small ruminants
- DNA methylation
- livestock productions
- transgenerational
- inheritance
