基因组选择技术在农业动物育种中的应用

Application of genomic selection in farm animal breeding

基因组选择(genomic selection,GS)是畜禽经济性状遗传改良的重要方法。随着高密度SNP芯片和二代测序价格的下降,GS技术越来越多被应用于奶牛、猪、鸡等农业动物育种中。然而,降低全基因组SNP分型成本、提高基因组育种值(genomic estimated breeding value,GEBV)估计准确性仍然是GS研究的主要难题。本文从全基因组SNP分型策略和GEBV估计模型两个方面进行了综述,并对目前GS技术在主要畜禽品种中的应用现状进行了介绍,以期为GS在农业动物育种中的深入开展提供借鉴和参考。

Genomic selection(GS) has become a widely accepted method in animal breeding to genetically improve economic traits. With the declining costs of high-density SNP chips and next-generation sequencing, GS has been applied in dairy cattle, swine, poultry and other animals and gained varying degrees of success. Currently, major challenges in GS studies include further reducing the cost of genome-wide SNP genotyping and improving the predictive accuracy of genomic estimated breeding value(GEBV). In this review, we summarize various methods for genome-wide SNP genotyping and GEBV prediction, and give a brief introduction of GS in livestock and poultry breeding. This review will provide a reference for further implementation of GS in farm animal breeding.