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Whole Genome Animal Selection Research Funded by USDA

A 4-year research project to look at methods of using whole genome enabled animal selection is being funded by the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. Five million dollars will provide research that will allow breeders to take genetic information and predict physical makeup and traits passed on to offspring.

"USDA, along with many federal agencies, states and other organizations, has invested millions of dollars in efforts to sequence the genomes of the primary agricultural animals," said Gale Buchanan, USDA under secretary for Research, Education and Economics.  "The goal of this project is to move animal genome science from the laboratory to the field and the marketplace and, in the process, solve real world problems."

To find out more about whole genome enabled animal selection and this research project, click HERE.