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Chicken genome: New tools and concepts
Author(s) -
Dequéant MaryLee,
Pourquié Olivier
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
developmental dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.634
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1097-0177
pISSN - 1058-8388
DOI - 10.1002/dvdy.20266
Subject(s) - biology , genome , genetics , whole genome sequencing , dna sequencing , genome project , computational biology , evolutionary biology , gene
Last spring, the Second International Chicken Genome Workshop was held at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, less than 2 months after the first draft of the chicken genome was publicly released in March, 2004. This major event was highly anticipated by the chicken community, because of the invaluable resources that would be newly provided. In addition, from an evolutionary standpoint, birds are the species most closely related to mammals, whose genome has been sequenced. The meeting gathered both agricultural and academic chicken communities and provided the opportunity to discuss the status of the chicken genome sequencing, the preliminary analysis of the chicken genome sequences freshly available, and the impact on avian genetic tools. Developmental Dynamics 232:883–886, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.