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Human Genome News, July 1994; 6(2)
Last year the Cooperative State Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture designated a group of Iowa State University (ISU) scientists, headed by Max Rothschild, to coordinate U.S. efforts to find individual genes that control pig reproduction, disease resistance, and physical traits. The cooperative project is focused on producing a consensus pig gene map, enlarging the public gene-mapping database, fostering communication and resource sharing among researchers, and working closely with the pig industry.
Producing a useful gene map is expected to take several years and involve a number of U.S. scientists and laboratories; about 700 genes and markers have been mapped to date. Reference family DNA is being made available to researchers, and some 150 published microsatellite markers have been produced and distributed to requesting laboratories. Published data are being added to the pig database USPIGBASE [Information: mfrothsc@iastate.edu ; for WWW, http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pigmap ].
The bimonthly newsletter Pig Genome Update and a computer discussion group are available for all animal gene mappers. To enroll for the discussion group, send e-mail address to angenmap@iastate.edu . [Max Rothschild, ISU]
The electronic form of the newsletter may be cited in the following style:
Human Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome News (v6n2).
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international 13-year effort, 1990 to 2003. Primary goals were to discover the complete set of human genes and make them accessible for further biological study, and determine the complete sequence of DNA bases in the human genome. See Timeline for more HGP history.
Published from 1989 until 2002, this newsletter facilitated HGP communication, helped prevent duplication of research effort, and informed persons interested in genome research.
