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Application of functional genomic information to develop efficient EST-SSRs for the chicken (Gallus gallus)

M. R. Bakhtiarizadeh, Arefnejad, B., Ebrahimie, E., and Ebrahimi, M., Application of functional genomic information to develop efficient EST-SSRs for the chicken (Gallus gallus), vol. 11, pp. 1558-1574, 2012.

Many years of domestication and breeding have given rise to the wide range of chicken breeds that exist today; however, an increasing number of local chicken breeds are under threat of extinction. A comprehensive characterization of chicken markers (especially type I markers) is needed to monitor and conserve genetic diversity in this species. The explosion of genomics and functional genomics information in recent years has opened new possibilities for the generation of molecular markers.

Characterization of SNPs in strawberry cultivars in China

A. J. Ge, Han, J., Li, X. D., Zhao, M. Z., Liu, H., Dong, Q. H., and Fang, J. G., Characterization of SNPs in strawberry cultivars in China, vol. 12, pp. 639-645, 2013.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) occur at high frequencies in both plant and animal genomes and can provide broad genome coverage and reliable estimates of genetic relationships. The availability of expressed sequence tag (EST) data has made it feasible to discover SNPs. DNA analysis is crucial in genetic studies not only for strawberry breeding programs but also for characterization of hybrids and species. We cloned 96 EST sequences, and 116 SNPs were discovered by comparing 16 strawberry cultivars grown in the region of Nanjing, China.

A picture of gene sampling/expression in model organisms using ESTs and KOG proteins

Mde Alvaren Mudado and Ortega, J. Miguel, A picture of gene sampling/expression in model organisms using ESTs and KOG proteins, vol. 5, pp. 242-253, 2006.

The expressed sequence tag (EST) is an instrument of gene discovery. When available in large numbers, ESTs may be used to estimate gene expression. We analyzed gene expression by EST sampling, using the KOG database, which includes 24,154 proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana (Ath), 17,101 from Caenorhabditis elegans (Cel), 10,517 from Drosophila melanogaster (Dme), and 26,324 from Homo sapiens (Hsa), and 178,538 ESTs for Ath, 215,200 for Cel, 261,404 for Dme, and 1,941,556 for Hsa.

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