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Title: Whole genome sequences of the USMARC beef cattle diversity panel v2.9 aligned to the bovine reference genome assembly

Author
item Heaton, Michael - Mike
item Smith, Timothy - Tim
item KALBFLEISCH, THEODORE - University Of Louisville

Submitted to: Internet Web Page
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/23/2015
Publication Date: 7/23/2015
Citation: Heaton, M.P., Smith, T.P., Kalbfleisch, T.S. 2015. Whole genome sequences of the USMARC beef cattle diversity panel v2.9 aligned to the bovine reference genome assembly. Internet Web Page. www.ars.usda.gov/Services/Docs.htm?docid=25585 and www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=25586.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: A searchable and publicly viewable set of mapped genomes from 96 beef sires from 19 popular breeds of U.S. cattle was created. These sires with minimal pedigree relationships, represent >99% of the germplasm used in the US beef industry circa 2000. The group is estimated to contain more than 187 unshared haploid genomes and was expected to allow a 95% probability of detecting any allele with a frequency greater than 0.016 in the group. Whole genome sequence reads were mapped to the UMD3.1 bovine genome assembly at an average depth of 14-fold. This project was part of a USDA ARS Specific Cooperative Agreement with Intrepid Bioinformatics in collaboration with the University of Louisville.