The need to optimize food production will be of fundamental importance in the coming years. Genomic selection is revolutionizing the field of agriculture. In particular, this technique has given remarkable results in its application to livestock, and is very promising in plant breeding. Learn more at: http://www.illumina.com/areas-of-interest/agrigenomics.html Products: Illumina Genotyping Solutions: http://www.illumina.com/techniques/popular-applications/genotyping.html Publication Links: PMID: 26744627 | Muranty, et al. (2015): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26744627 The Science Mondays (SciMon) series is brought to you by Illumina http://www.illumina.com/ Illumina hosts Irene Predazzi, Sr Scientific Liaison of Scientific Affairs, and Jacques Retief, Associate Director of Scientific Affairs, give you a quick report on breaking news.