Bovine Genome Resources


NCBI Web Resources:
Global Query. Query all NCBI Entrez databases in one step.
BLAST. Compare your sequence to different organism-specific sequences.
Clone Registry. Find information about specific BAC clones, including sequencing status and end sequence information.
dbSNP. Database of SNPs and other genetic variation.
Entrez Gene. Focal point for genes and associated information.
e-PCR.Check your sequence for STSs and view in genomic context.
Genome Project. Complete and in-progress large-scale sequencing, assembly, annotation and mapping projects.
GEO. Gene Expression Omnibus, a public repository for expression data.
GEO DataSets. Experimental sets of GEO data.
HomoloGene. Putative homologies among human, mouse, rat, zebrafish and other organisms.
Map Viewer. Interactive viewer for genome maps, sequence, and genes.
PopSet. Population study data sets.
PubMed Central. Digital archive of full text and content from life science journals.
RefSeq. Reference sequences of genomic contigs, mRNAs, and proteins.
Taxonomy. Taxonomy Browser hosts summaries of sequence resources and external links through NCBI's LinkOut.
Trace Archive. Collection of raw sequence traces from various sequencing projects.
UniGene. Organization of transcribed sequences into gene-based clusters.
UniSTS. A non- redundant collection of STSs with links to maps and sequence.

FTP Sites:
dbSNP
Gene
Genomes
RefSeq
UniSTS

Welcome to the Bovine Genome Resources page. This homepage provides information on bovine and bovine-related resources from NCBI and the research community.
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Photo courtesy of Terri Hobbs, Maryland

The cow (Bos taurus) is an important model organism for biomedical research and development, in addition to being important agriculturally.


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Buffalo Genome Resources
Check out NCBI's Buffalo Genome Resources page.

Tips on Finding cDNA Clones
NCBI offers hints on searching for clones from the NIH Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) including clones for human, mouse, rat and bovine genes.

Bovine Genome Updated
In August 2006, the Bovine Genome Sequencing Project, led by the Baylor College of Medicine's Human Genome Sequencing Center, released the third version of the bovine genome assembly, Btau_3.1, which is a 7.15X mixed assembly that combines whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequence with BAC sequence. The sequence is available in GenBank, EMBL, and DDBJ, and by BLAST.



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The bovine genome assembly (NCBI build 3.1, based on Btau_3.1) is available in Map Viewer. Take a moment to BLAST your favorite gene sequence against the genome and explore the maps available for viewing. Learn more about the Gnomon gene prediction program and the resulting models available in Map Viewer.



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