Bovine genome

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L1 Dominette 01449, the Hereford who serves as the subject of the Bovine Genome Project

The

U.S. Department of Agriculture.[2] It was part of an effort to improve livestock breeding and at the time was one of the largest genomes ever sequenced.[3]

Genome

The size of the bovine

Bovines share 80 percent of their genes with humans; cows are less similar to humans than rodents (humans and rodents belong to the clade of Supraprimates) and dogs (humans and dogs belong to the clade of Boreoeutheria). They also have about 1,000 genes shared with dogs and rodents but not identified in humans.[5]

The charting of key DNA differences, also known as haplotypes, between several varieties of cattle could allow scientists to understand what is the role of some genes coding for products of economic value (milk, meat, leather). It opens new perspectives for enhancing selective breeding and changing certain cattle characteristics for the benefit of farmers.[6][7]

Team

The Bovine Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium worked to sequence the genome over a six-year period, and included 300 scientists across 25 countries led by the

USDA.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Science Podcast, 04/24/09 includes advances in livestock research including the sequencing of the cattle genome and insights into the history of sheep domestication". Science. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  2. ^ a b Elsik, C.G. # (2009). "The genome sequence of taurine cattle: a window to ruminant biology and evolution". Science. 324 (5926).
    PMID 19390049
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  3. ^ Lewin, H.A. (2009). "It's a bull's market". Science. 324 (5926): 478–479.
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  4. ^ a b "Bos taurus". NCBI. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  5. ^ "Cow genome unraveled in bid to improve meat, milk". Associated Press. 2009-04-23. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  6. ^ Gill, V. (23 April 2009). "Cow genome 'to transform farming'". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  7. PMID 19390050
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