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Pig Genome Newsletter #019
Pig Genome Update No. 19
July 1, 1996
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The World Pork Expo attracted 50,000 people to Des Moines and proved to be a
good place to visit with the industry. The interest by genetics companies in
pig gene mapping and the benefits that will eventually be derived continues to
grow. A third gene test, after HAL and ESR, was anounced, which will allow for
selecting for white coat color which will be of help to the packers. The test
was developed in Sweden.
Mapping developments continue to improve our understanding of the linkage and
physical maps in the pig. If you haven't taken the time please look at the
physical mapping results in recent issues of Mammalian Genome or the MARC USDA
linkage map through their home page or the WWW pig gene mapping page
(http://www.iastate.public.edu/~pigmap) and see the improvements in the maps!
Demand for the recently developed fluorescent primers for genotyping has been
considerable. As a first effort a total of 63 fluorescent primer pairs are now
available from the U.S. Pig Genome Coordinator. Each primer pair is composed of
one fluorescently labeled and one unlabeled primer. With help of the U.S. pig
gene mappers and Martien Groenen (Wageningen) and Denis Milan (Toulouse) a list
of 63 primer sets was developed based on spacing throughout the genome, marker
detection quality using ABI equipment and informativeness. If you wish to
receive a set, please contact the U.S. Pig Genome Coordinator.
The supply of non-fluorescent primers is nearly exhausted despite further
aliquoting. Only a limited set of samples is available as several primers have
now been completely depleted due to the very high demand.
Got an idea to share resources? We are always looking for ideas from pig gene
mappers. In the past, people have suggested sharing primers, DNA and
information about databases and funds for travel. We already have accomplished
many of these suggestions. Your thoughts on new ideas would be appreciated.
Its never too early (or too late) to plan for several excellent meetings. These
meetings include the ISAG meetings in Tours, the American Society of Animal
Science annual meeting, the PAG V (Plant and Animal Genome 5), Allerton II and
the Gordon conference. Some of the details are given below.
The International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) meeting will be held in
Tours, France from July 21-26, 1996. The meeting includes posters, special
talks and several workshops. Of special interest is the Pig Gene Mapping
Workshop which is held every two years under the auspices of ISAG. The workshop
will be on July 22, 1996. The current ISAG pig gene mapping committee is - Alan
Archibald (Roslin), Merete Fredholm (Copenhagen), Joel Gellin (Toulouse), Gary
Rohrer (Clay Center) and Max Rothschild (Ames). The meeting schedule is on
ANGENMAP and can be recovered from our pig genome home page.
American Society of Animal Science annual meetings will be held July 21-25,
1996 in Rapid City, South Dakota. The meetings look very interesting and the
surroundings are beautiful! For information please call the ASAS office at
217-356-3182.
Allerton II - Genetic Analysis of Economically Important Traits in Livestock
Conference is November 6-9. Information and registration is now possible for
the Allerton II conference and can be accessed through the World Wide Web at
http://www.conted.ceps.uiuc.edu/allertonII. Registration is very limited and is
on a first come first serve basis. If you have questions please email
allertonII@c3po.ceps.uiuc.edu
Escape to San Diego in the winter and attend the Plant and Animal Genome V
(PAG-V) January 12-16, 1997. The initial draft plan for the Plant and Animal
Genome V conference is now being put together. Based on the successes of the
first four PG meetings, the livestock genome community is joining the program,
with both joint and separate sessions. The location is the Town & Country
Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108, Phone: 1-619-291-7131, or
1-800-772-8527, FAX: 1-619-291-3584. For 1997 the hotel room rate will be
$75.00 per night (single or double occupancy) plus tax. The cost of
registration for both the plant and animal sessions for PAG-V will remain the
same as for PG-IV: $ 325.00 advance registration if postmarked by 15 November
1996 and $100.00 Student (Pre-Ph.D) Registration. All registrations include one
copy of the printed conference abstracts, Sunday-Thursday continental
breakfasts, Sunday evening opening reception, Monday evening Wine & Cheese
Reception, and Wednesday evening dinner. All administrative questions should be
addressed to Darrin Scherago at Scherago International Inc., 11 Penn Plaza,
Suite 1003, New York, NY 10001. Their phone number is 212-643-1750 (FAX number
is212-643-1758) and their e-mail address is pag5@scherago.com. Scherago
International is the conference organizer for PAG-V. The Animal session
co-chairs are: Margaret Dentine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Max
Rothschild, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Hans Cheng, ARS, East Lansing, MI
and Jay Hetzel, CSIRO, Australia. Conference co-sponsors include: USDA, ARS;
USDA, NAL; USDA, CSREES; Rockefeller Foundation; International Society for
Plant Molecular Biology (ISPMB); USDA, NRI Competitive Grants Office and John
Innes Centre. The abstracts from the previous four meetings are available on
WWW at http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000. Participants are invited to submit
abstracts for the poster session either in hard copy (printed form) or by
e-mail. All abstracts will be reviewed. The abstract submission deadline is
Monday, November 4, 1996. Any suggestions you have would be greatly
appreciated. Make your plans now to attend.
Upcoming meeting summary:
12th European Colloquium on Cytogenetics in Domestic Animals, Zaragoza, Spain
June 25-28, 1996, contact M. Victoria Arruga 34-76-76-16-62.
XXV International Conference on Animal Genetics, International Society of
Animal Genetics, Vinci Congress Centre, Tours, France, July 21-26, 1996,
contact guerin@biotec.jouy.inra.fr for details
American Society of Animal Science annual meeting, June 21-25 in Rapid City,
South Dakota.
NC210 " Mapping the Pig Genome" committee meeting to be arrainged in October,
contact C. Tuggle at cktuggle@iastate.edu for details.
Allerton II, Genetic Analysis of Economically Important Traits in Livestock,
Allerton Park, Illinois, November 1996, contact h-lewin@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu for
details
Animal Genome Meeting (in conjunction with Plant and Animal Genome V), San
Diego, Ca, January 12-15, 1997, see future Angenmap announcements for details
Gordon Conference on Quantitative Genetics, Ventura, Ca, February 9-14, 1997,
contact M. Dentine at dentine@calshp.cals.wisc.edu
9th International Congress on Genes, Gene Families and Isozymes, San Antonio,
TX , contact isozyme@darwin.sfbr.org for details
Max F. Rothschild
U.S. Pig Genome Coordinator
225 Kildee Hall
Department of Animal Science
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
Phone: 515-294-6202
Fax: 515-294-2401
mfrothsc@iastate.edu
Paid for by funds from the NRSP-8 USDA/CSREES sponsored pig genome coordination
program
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