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    • Cattle and Sheep Whole Genome Sequence (WGS)

    Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

    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. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Cattle and Sheep Whole Genome Sequence (WGS). File Name: Web Page, url: https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/clay-center-ne/marc/wgs/main/

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
    Publisher Agricultural Research Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10113/AA6260
    Data Last Modified 2023-11-30
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:18
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    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    License https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 005:040
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2132f621eb94a2aeb6bc009ccea8f1b34b2aab7879966af58919bbeb90e184b6
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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