Table 1.
Map status and genomic resource for livestock species
|
|
Cow |
Pig |
Sheep |
Horse |
Buffalo |
Goat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromosome (2n) | 60 | 38 | 54 | 64 | 50 | 60 |
| Mapped markers | ||||||
| Synteny | 1800 | 1000 | 250 | 500 | 60 | — |
| Linkage | 2500 | 2700 | 1500 | 480 | — | 350 |
| Cytogenetic | 300 | 300 | 850 | 450 | 300 | 350 |
| RH | 3200 | 3000 | 300 | 800 | 30 | — |
| Resources | ||||||
| EST sequence | 450k | 300k | 20k | 30k | — | — |
| cDNA libraries | 80 | 100 | 12 | 15 | — | — |
| BAC libraries | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Microarrays | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Whole-genome sequence
|
6 ×
|
*
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
-
↵* Whole-genome sequencing of pig genome to begin in 2005
