Bovine genome

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

The genome of a female Hereford cow was published in 2009.[1] It was sequenced by the Bovine Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium, a team of researchers led by the National Institutes of Health and 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]

  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. ^ Elsik, C.G. # (2009). "The genome sequence of taurine cattle: a window to ruminant biology and evolution". Science. 324 (5926). Bovine Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium: 522–528. Bibcode:2009Sci...324..522A. doi:10.1126/science.1169588. PMC 2943200. PMID 19390049.
  3. ^ Lewin, H.A. (2009). "It's a bull's market". Science. 324 (5926): 478–479. doi:10.1126/science.1173880. PMID 19390037. S2CID 206519929.