TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative gene mapping workshop
T2 - Progress in agriculturally important animals
AU - Gellin, Joël
AU - Brown, Steve
AU - Marshall Graves, Jennifer A.
AU - Rothschild, Max
AU - Schook, Lawrence
AU - Womack, Jim
AU - Yerle, Martine
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Following the successful Comparative Mapping Workshop held at Fraser Island, Australia in 1995, HUGO organized a second workshop of 41 invited participants, held at Toulouse, France on May 3 and 4, 1999. The aim of the conference was to focus on recent developments in genome mapping in a variety of vertebrate species, with particular emphasis on progress in farm animals (cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep, horses, goats, and deer). In addition, representatives from important experimental mammalian and vertebrate organisms (e.g. mice, rats, dogs, fugu, and marsupials) also participated in the meeting. After a rapid overview of developments in the construction and comparison of genome maps in a wide variety of species, discussion focused on how comparative genomics will play a vital role in the genetic dissection of multigenic traits and the characterization of agriculturally important loci in agricultural species. Acceleration of gene discovery with heterologous ESTs (Expressed Sequence Tags) or collections of ESTs was discussed. Recent developments in the construction of cDNA libraries and the efficiency of tools such as whole genome radiation hybrids (RH) and large fragment clone libraries (YACs and in particular BACs) were discussed. Proposed criteria to improve the identification of homologous genes between species and recommendations for nomenclatures were identified. Particular emphasis was placed on how the integration of biological databases could help the scientific community.
AB - Following the successful Comparative Mapping Workshop held at Fraser Island, Australia in 1995, HUGO organized a second workshop of 41 invited participants, held at Toulouse, France on May 3 and 4, 1999. The aim of the conference was to focus on recent developments in genome mapping in a variety of vertebrate species, with particular emphasis on progress in farm animals (cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep, horses, goats, and deer). In addition, representatives from important experimental mammalian and vertebrate organisms (e.g. mice, rats, dogs, fugu, and marsupials) also participated in the meeting. After a rapid overview of developments in the construction and comparison of genome maps in a wide variety of species, discussion focused on how comparative genomics will play a vital role in the genetic dissection of multigenic traits and the characterization of agriculturally important loci in agricultural species. Acceleration of gene discovery with heterologous ESTs (Expressed Sequence Tags) or collections of ESTs was discussed. Recent developments in the construction of cDNA libraries and the efficiency of tools such as whole genome radiation hybrids (RH) and large fragment clone libraries (YACs and in particular BACs) were discussed. Proposed criteria to improve the identification of homologous genes between species and recommendations for nomenclatures were identified. Particular emphasis was placed on how the integration of biological databases could help the scientific community.
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U2 - 10.1007/s003350010027
DO - 10.1007/s003350010027
M3 - Article
C2 - 10656929
AN - SCOPUS:0033955158
SN - 0938-8990
VL - 11
SP - 140
EP - 144
JO - Mammalian Genome
JF - Mammalian Genome
IS - 2
ER -