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  • Cattle and Sheep Whole Genome Sequence (WGS)

    Metadata Updated: May 14, 2021

    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.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date May 14, 2021

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date May 14, 2021
    Publisher Agricultural Research Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier 4085e4f6-45e8-4706-9f8c-710f86ded1c7
    Data Last Modified 2021-04-06
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:18
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id ca8e7937-423a-4f04-8f05-d55e12173978
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 005:040
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3dcd15f49c9606663e4d96232ddce4fe0b324b76
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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