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Cattle and Sheep Whole Genome Sequence (WGS)

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posted on 2023-11-30, 08:08 authored by U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

Cattle and Sheep Whole Genome Sequence (WGS)

USMARC Beef Cattle Diversity Panel (MBCDPv2.9)

  • Finished 14x WGS of 96 sires from 19 beef breeds representing >99% of the germplasm used in the US beef industry Article for cattle producers
  • USMARC Extended Cattle Diversity Panel (MECDPv1.0)
  • Ongoing 10x WGS from 46 breeds, includes MBCDPv2.9 sires plus four animals from each of 27 additional breeds
  • USMARC Sheep Diversity Panel (MSDPv2.4)
  • Finished 16x WGS of 96 rams from 10 US sheep breeds representing diversity in traits like fertility, growth, and longevity.
  • USMARC Extended Sheep Diversity Panel (MESDPv1.0)
  • Ongoing 10x WGS from 15 breeds, includes MSDPv2.4 rams plus 10 animals from each of 5 additional breeds
  • Related species (mapped to cattle and/or sheep)
  • Ongoing 10x WGS from related species like gaur, bison, banteng, and yak.
  • Livestock Cell Lines (mapped to cattle and/or sheep)

  • Ongoing 10x WGS from cell lines used in USMARC research like Madin-Darby Bovine Kidney (MDBK) cells.


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Funding

Agricultural Research Service

History

Data contact name

Heaton, Mike

Data contact email

mike.heaton@usda.gov

Publisher

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Theme

  • Not specified

ISO Topic Category

  • biota

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

beef cattle; sires; beef; germplasm; United States; beef industry; animals; rams; sheep breeds; longevity; mithuns; bison; Bos javanicus; yaks; kidneys

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:040 - National Research

ARS National Program Number

  • 101

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (2017). Cattle and Sheep Whole Genome Sequence (WGS). USDA Agricultural Research Service.

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    U.S. Public Domain

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