To start off thanks for giving us your time.
No problem
Can you tell me what is your job,what do you do
on daily basis?
I am a livestock engineer,my job is related to animal production and
breeding.We are coordinating animal breeding(new breeds,breeding
methods,increasing yield characterestics of livestock animals) projects and implementation
in Turkey.
Why do you need genome?
In order to improve milk
and meat production livestock breeders need high capacity,high value animals.If
we can estimate some animals’ genetic characteristics we can present high stood
stood animals in a shorter time.
How do you use genome information?
We are taking consideration genetic characteristics of animals for
breeding and improving yields(meat and milk) of animals.Genome is used to
predict an animals’inclination for meat and milk production.20-25 years ago we
used this technique to determine it’s inclination:
For example you pick 5 male goats
and give each goat 10 female goats and after you inbreed we look the keep track
of their children’s milk production.The problem is a female goat stays pregnant
for 5 months and in order to perform sexual activity male and female goats need
to be at 1-1,5 years.So approximately you have to wait 2 years at least in
order to get young animals.After you pick female ones,they also need 2 years
more in order to gain ability to perform sexual activity.And by the time young
goats start to produce milk,their fathers are already dead.
Now, we can map their genome and analyze them on computers,now we can
find the genes which increase milk production and compare them with their
possible partners,it saves us energy,money and time but also we can create generations
that can produce more milk and meat(artificial selection)
Thanks again.
My pleasure…
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