Decoding genes for breeding pigs for medicine and livestock

Scientists have deciphered the genome of breeding pigs. This success has promoted the meat production industry and tested human medicines.

Scientists successfully deciphered the breeding pig genome.

The study was published in the journal Nature, which identifies the link between genes and diseases that pigs raise or suffer, which is the basis for the selection of resistant breeds. High disease.

Sonny Ramaswany, director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, under the US Department of Agriculture, said: 'This analysis helps us understand the genetic mechanism that helps improve pork quality, increase livestock efficiency and increase the disease resistance. Thereby helping farmers create high-quality, low-cost pigs and improve sustainability '.

In addition, the identification of genes that cause pig diseases that humans also suffer will be the basis for using pigs to test human medicine. For example, genetic disease known as pig stress syndrome, which can cause sudden death in pigs, has similarities with malignant hyperthermia in humans. Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, obesity and Parkinson's disease are also diseases where pigs and humans have genetic similarities.