Animal Breeding, Genetics & Genomics Resources

Resources

"Coordination of Programs on Domestic Animal Genomics: The Federal Framework," The White House/National Science and Technology Council. 2004 progress report.
A Science Primer, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). A basic educational tool for understanding genomics and bioinformatics.
Amos' WWW Links Page, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. An extensive list of international genomics and bioinformatics Web sites and resources.
ANGENMAP Discussion Group, Iowa State University

Animal Species Genome Databases, NIFA

BAC Resources, University of New Hampshire. Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) libraries on several fish species to support genome-based research.

BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Sequence comparisons and alignments.

Bovine Genome Project: The Next Phase Workshop. Scientific presentations about bovine genomics sequencing research efforts from the 2005 Houston meeting.

Community Sequencing Program: Sequencing Plans for 2006, U.S. Department of Energy. Joint Genome Institute's 2006 organism sequencing schedule.

Federation of Animal Science Societies. American Dairy Science Association, American Society of Animal Science, and Poultry Science Association information.

Horse Genome Project, University of Kentucky

Mapping Mary's Lamb, Utah State University. With NIFA NRI funds, Utah State University scientists lead International Sheep Genome Sequencing Consortium work.

NAGRP Cattle Genome Coordination Program

NAGRP Pig Genome Coordination Program

National Aquaculture Genome Projects. Research activities, databases, news, resources, related links and more.

Poultry and Avian Research Resources, UC-Davis

Primer on Molecular Genetics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy. Provides basic information about genetics and genomics.

Research on Agricultural Animals Jeopardized at Land Grant Institutions, Michigan State University. White paper about agricultural species as biomedical models.

The USDA Animal Genomics Workshop: Results from 2004 interagency workshop focusing on animal genome, bioinformatics and functional genomics research.

U.S. Poultry Genome Project, Michigan State University. Chicken Chromosome Linkage Map, ChickBASE database, and animal genome mapping discussion groups.

US Poultry Genome Project, Michigan State University. Research activities, databases, gene maps, news, resources, related links and more.

Why Sequence Catfish?, U.S. Department of Energy. DOE Office of Science fact sheet about the catfish as a model species for comparative research.

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