Livestock Genomics

尽管基因组技术发展迅速，但在理解DNA如何控制农场动物的特征表达方面进展相对较小。贝斯博士研究的最终目标是了解家畜数量性状的基因组结构。通过这样做，她的目标是利用遗传和基因组技术改善农场动物的健康、福利和效率，并揭示表型和基因之间的关系。了解如何在DNA水平上控制可取和不可取的特征，将使健康、抗病动物的繁育速度加快几个数量级。

Despite rapid development of genomic technologies, relatively little progress has been made in understanding how DNA controls trait expression in farm animals. The ultimate goal of Dr. Baes research is to understand the genomic architecture of quantitative traits in livestock. In doing so, she aims to improve health, welfare, and efficiency of farm animals using genetic and genomic technologies, and to uncover the relationship between phenotype and genotype. Understanding how desirable and undesirable traits are controlled at the DNA level will accelerate breeding of healthy, disease-resistant animals by several orders of magnitude.