<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Use of genomic information in ruminant production systems can help alleviating concerns related to food security and sustainability of production. Nutritional genomics (i.e., nutrigenomics) is the field of research that is interested in all types of reciprocal interactions between nutrients and the genomes of organisms, i.e., variable patterns of gene expression and effect of genetic variations on the nutritional environment. Devising a revolutionary analytical approach to the traditional ruminant nutrition research, the relatively novel area of ruminant nutrigenomics has several studies concerning different aspects of animal production systems. This paper aims to review the current nutrigenomics research in the frame of how nutrition of ruminants can be modified accounting for individual genetic backgrounds and gene/diet relationships behind productivity, quality, efficiency, disease resistance, fertility, and greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, current challenges facing ruminant nutrigenomics are evaluated and future directions for the novel area are strongly argued by this review.</p></abstract>

Use of genomic information in ruminant production systems can help alleviating concerns related to food security and sustainability of production. Nutritional genomics (i.e., nutrigenomics) is the field of research that is interested in all types of reciprocal interactions between nutrients and the genomes of organisms, i.e., variable patterns of gene expression and effect of genetic variations on the nutritional environment. Devising a revolutionary analytical approach to the traditional ruminant nutrition research, the relatively novel area of ruminant nutrigenomics has several studies concerning different aspects of animal production systems. This paper aims to review the current nutrigenomics research in the frame of how nutrition of ruminants can be modified accounting for individual genetic backgrounds and gene/diet relationships behind productivity, quality, efficiency, disease resistance, fertility, and greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, current challenges facing ruminant nutrigenomics are evaluated and future directions for the novel area are strongly argued by this review.

Genome-wise engineering of ruminant nutrition – nutrigenomics: applications, challenges, and future perspectives – A review

Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Annals of Animal Science

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Use of genomic information in ruminant production systems can help alleviating concerns related to food security and sustainability of production. Nutritional...

Genome-wise engineering of ruminant nutrition – nutrigenomics: applications, challenges, and future perspectives – A review

Published Online: May 12, 2022

Page range: 511 - 521

Received: Jan 25, 2021

Accepted: Jul 15, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2021-0057

Keywords
nutrigenomics, ruminants, diet-gene interactions, traits, nutrigenetics

© 2022 Mehmet Kizilaslan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Genome-wise engineering of ruminant nutrition – nutrigenomics: applications, challenges, and future perspectives – A review

Published Online: May 12, 2022

Page range: 511 - 521

Received: Jan 25, 2021

Accepted: Jul 15, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2021-0057

Keywordsnutrigenomics, ruminants, diet-gene interactions, traits, nutrigenetics

© 2022 Mehmet Kizilaslan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
nutrigenomics, ruminants, diet-gene interactions, traits, nutrigenetics