Advances in understanding and exploiting the pig genome

Publication date: 07/05/2025
Extent: 18 pages

Contributions by: Martijn F. L. Derks, Wageningen University & Research/Topigs Norsvin Research Center, The Netherlands

Chapter synopsis:

In recent years, pig genetics and breeding has been revolutionized by advances in genomics. This chapter outlines current developments in pig genetics and genomics including long-read sequencing, telomere-to-telomere assembly, low-pass sequencing for genomic prediction, functional genomics, fine-mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL), and identification of deleterious alleles. The increases in functional genomic data and information on gene expression are currently providing a much more detailed insight into the genotype-phenotype relationship for complex traits and the molecular pathways involved. Fine-mapping of causal variants will become feasible with the use and availability of these types of data in different tissues and timepoints, and will provide a gateway to assess the influence of regulatory variation in the pig genome.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2024.0137.02