Past, present, and future of epigenetics applied to livestock breeding

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  González Recio, Oscar ^a   Toro, Miguel A ^b   Bach, Alex ^c  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal breeding; Breeding programs; Epigenetics; Population genomics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL GENETICS; BREEDING; CELL ENERGY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; INHERITANCE; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

EID: 85053361262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00305     Document Type: Review

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