United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) The USDA's Plant Genome and Data Information Center provides access to a variety of information, products and services on a range of plant and
animal genome mapping.
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Mapping the
genome jungle: Unique
animal traits could offer insight into human disease.»
With chronically infected mice as their model, the researchers used a new technology called ATAC - seq to
map the regulatory regions of the
genome — the sections of DNA involved in switching genes on and off — in the
animals» exhausted and functional CD8 + T cells.
The current SNP
map now makes it possible for
genome - wide association studies to identify genes responsible for diseases and traits, with important consequences for human and companion
animal health.
Scientists have
mapped many
animal genomes, among them that of the chimpanzee, mouse, rat, fruit fly, roundworm and puffer fish.
One of the most intriguing cases of an
animal whose
genome has been
mapped is that of the platypus.
These genomic
maps are useful in part because
animal genomes can be compared to human
genomes.
«The pig is one of our most important domesticated
animals, and it was high time for its
genome to be
mapped», says Professor Leif Andersson, who participated in the project.
The Blue Buffalo Foundation and
Animal Cancer Foundation (ACF) have partnered to embark on the Canine Cancer
Genome Project to
map tumor
genomes in the most common canine cancers.