More SNPs for genetic variation in cattle

Illumina says its Infinium BovineSNP50 BeadChip contains the highest number of novel and known SNPs for characterising genetic variation in cattle.

Illumina has launched the Infinium BovineSNP50 BeadChip, a 12-sample genotyping product now available for detecting genetic variation in any breed of cattle. Developed in collaboration with leading bovine researchers from the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), the University of Missouri-Columbia, the University of Alberta, and other industry partners, the BovineSNP50 BeadChip features more than 54,000 SNPs evenly spaced across the entire bovine genome.

Of these SNPs, 24,000 were discovered using Illumina's genome analyser and are not available on any other commercial array or in any public database.