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.

Field	Value
Tags	NP101
Modified	2021-04-06
Release Date	2017-12-21
Identifier	4085e4f6-45e8-4706-9f8c-710f86ded1c7
Publisher	USDA Agricultural Research Service
License	U.S. Public Domain
Contact Name	Heaton, Mike
Contact Email	mike.heaton@usda.gov
Public Access Level	Public
Program Code	005:040 - Department of Agriculture - National Research
Bureau Code	005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

Extended Metadata:

Field	Value
Authors	U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
Peer Reviewed	No
Funding Sources	Agricultural Research Service
Product Type	Dataset

Field	Value
ISO Topic(s)	biota
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus Term	beef cattle sires beef germplasm United States beef industry animals rams sheep breeds longevity mithuns bison Bos javanicus yaks kidneys
Ag Data Commons Keywords	Genomics & Genetics Animals & Livestock

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