Identifying the future needs for long-term USDA efforts in agricultural animal genomics

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-191

  Green, R D ^a   Qureshi, M A ^b   Long, J A ^a   Burfening, P J ^b   Hamernik, Debora L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal genomics; Bioinformatics; Functional genomics; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SPECIES; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOINFORMATICS; DATA BASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOD SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LIVESTOCK; MEAT INDUSTRY; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; EQUIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 33847078504     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3.185     Document Type: Review

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