title: Feeding the Genome: In Silico Optimization of Dietary Amino Acid Composition.
abstract: Optimizing dietary amino acid ratios to achieve maximal growth and reproduction has historically required tedious empirical studies. In this issue, Piper et al. (2017) present an in silico method of essential amino acid optimization based on the translated portion of an organism's genome, or exome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: MacArthur
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: jmitchel@hsph.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004032:Diet; D012098:Reproduction
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids