Genomics and its impact on future pig breeding

The art of pig breeding is continuing at a rapid pace. Key to this is the thorough analysis of both function and structure of genomes – also known as ‘genomics’. Genotyping costs have decreased dramatically over the last decade. Improving pig breeds thus is becoming increasingly feasible for more and more traits. Where does that lead to in the future? Predicting breeding values is a well-accepted technology in animal breeding. Over the last decade, genomics has moved up. There is a wide ar