Advancing Genetic Selection and Behavioral Genomics of Working Dogs Through Collaborative Science.

ABSTRACT: The ancient partnership between people and dogs is struggling to meet modern day needs, with demand exceeding our capacity to safely breed high-performing and healthy dogs. New statistical genetic approaches and genomic technology have the potential to revolutionize dog breeding, by transitioning from problematic phenotypic selection to methods that can preserve genetic diversity while increasing the proportion of successful dogs. To fully utilize this technology will require ultra large datasets, with hundreds of thousands of dogs. Today, dog breeders struggle to apply even the tools available now, stymied by the need for sophisticated data storage infrastructure and expertise in statistical genetics. Here, we review recent advances in animal breeding, and how a new approach to dog breedi

SUBMITTER: Chen FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8450581 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature