Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS) in Animal Breeding

Biovenic23 Oct, 2023Technology

Since 2004, the genome sequencing of several domesticated animals has also been completed, which makes the study of animal genomes enter a phase of rapid development. Animal breeding has also moved from the phenotypic selection stage to the molecular breeding stage. As a molecular breeding tool for animal breed improvement, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) involve rapid scanning of the complete DNA of many samples to discover genetic variants associated with specific phenotypes.