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Pig Genome Newsletter #005
PIG GENOME UPDATE No. 5
March 1, 1994
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Congratulations to Drs. Gary Rohrer, Craig Beattie and all their colleagues at
the USDA Meat Animal Research Center for the publication of their pig
microsatellite linkage map (Genetics 136:231-245) and to Dr. Mike Bishop and
colleagues for the publication of their cattle microsatellite linkage map
(Genetics 136:619-639). Both papers represent a great deal of effort and will
contribute to the overall gene mapping efforts of all labs participating in the
NRSP-8. These aren't the only maps which will be available soon. The PiGMaP map
will be finished soon and represents another large set of genes and additional
cattle gene maps are being published.
Congratulations also are in order for Dr. Jim Womack, Cattle Genome
Coordinator. Jim has been presented with the "CIBA Prize for Research in Animal
Health" presented to him by CIBA-GEIGY Animal Health Division for his work
entitled "Mapping the Bovine Genome." Jim received the award and he and his
wife and family were hosted in Basel, Switzerland in early February.
USPIGBASE is up and running. We have begun to input recently published data.
This is a laborious process but the database is growing. Dr. Lizhen Wang who
joined our group is helping to input the published materials. Discussions with
PiGMaP coordinators on working together on the database are also underway.
Sometimes you may experience a software problem but just notify us and we will
try to help you or resolve the problem. As has been mentioned before anyone may
register to use it free of charge. Manuals and information for the database can
be requested by E-mail to me at mfrothsc@iastate.edu or to Lizhen at
wangl@iastate.edu. Your comments are always welcome.
A very successful conference on Comparative Gene Mapping in Terrestrial and
Aquatic Vertebrates was held in Norway, February 7-11. It attracted 150
participants (many of them NRSP-8 members) from a variety of disciplines in
human and animal genetics. Twenty-six invited lectures and 54 posters focused
on advanced technologies, genome evolution, genome diversity, disease genetics
and applications of comparative maps to agriculture and medicine. Proceedings
will be published in Animal Biotechnology (submitted by J. Womack).
Published microsatellites for gene mapping are available through the
coordinator free of charge. A total of 38 pairs have been produced today. A
number of labs have received the first set of 25. If you want the whole set or
just the next set please drop me a note by fax or E-mail. With the Clay Center
map now published we (myself and a committee including J. Lunney, B.
Kirkpatrick and D. Troyer) will be choosing many more and making them available
to researchers who wish to use them for their mapping or QTL research.
Internationalize your efforts: Permits to import PiGMaP family DNA from the
U.K., French, Swedish and now the Dutch families (91 F2 individuals) have been
obtained. Some labs have already asked for transfer permits to allow
transferring of DNA. To request DNA you must agree to try to map a number of
genes or markers and must apply for a transfer permit. APHIS is now charging
for permits but these will be paid for by coordinator's funds. If interested,
please contact the coordinator.
Chinese Pig germplasm and non-germplasm may soon be available. An agreement in
principle has been reached by the three importing parties for exchange of these
materials and is going through the paperwork for final approval. This will
allow institutions to get pigs and gene mapping materials. You will be notified
when the agreements are signed.
Conferences and other projects about gene mapping are excellent ways to advance
gene mapping collaboration. A limited amount of funds have been put aside to
help promote these endeavors. To request such funding, please send to the
coordinator a letter, a copy of the proposed program and who the audience is
intended to be. Conferences which are worthwhile and open to all technical
committee members who wish to attend will be considered for funding if funds
are available.
Future Conference and Meeting Dates:
* American Society of Animal Science Midwest Section, Des Moines, Iowa - March
21-23
* Future Genetics for the Livestock Industry, St. Louis, Missouri - May 4
* National breeders Roundtable, St. Louis, Missouri - May 5-6
* Joint American Society of Animal Science and American Dairy Science
Association meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota - July 11-18
* Int. Society of Animal Genetics, Prague, Czech Republic - July 23-29
* The 5th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Guelph,
Canada - August 7-12
* Chromosome 6 Meeting (tentative) - September 23-26
Animal Genome Technical Committee (NRSP-8) meeting (with species meeting
preceding these dates), Minneapolis, Minnesota - September 22-23
Human Genome News: There is some very good information which may be of help for
you with your research or in the classroom. For this information, please write
HGMIS, Mailing Address, Betty K. Mansfield, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O.
Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6050.
Contributions to Pig Genome Update are always welcome. Please send by the 15th
of the month.
Max F. Rothschild
Swine Genome Coordinator
225 Kildee Hall
Department of Animal Science
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
Phone: 515-294-6202 or 3629
Fax: 515-294-2401
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