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- Main page
- Cattle reference (v2.9)
- Cattle extended (v1.0)
- Sheep reference (v2.4)
- Sheep extended (v1.0)
- Sheep international (v75)
- Sheep Tissues Bank (v30)
- Species Mapped to Cattle
- Species Mapped to Sheep
- Cell Lines

**Cattle and Sheep Whole Genome Sequence (WGS)**  /ARSUserFiles/30400500/CattleandSheepGenomicData/AngusBull_Heaton1271x884.jpg  **USMARC Beef Cattle Diversity Panel (MBCDPv2.9)** Finished 14x WGS of 96 sires from 19 beef breeds representing >99% of the germplasm used in the US beef industry **Article for cattle producers** **USMARC Extended Cattle Diversity Panel (MECDPv1.0)** Ongoing 10x WGS from 46 breeds, includes MBCDPv2.9 sires plus four animals from each of 27 additional breeds /ARSUserFiles/30400500/CattleandSheepGenomicData/NChurro_mph.jpg  **USMARC Sheep Diversity Panel****(MSDPv2.4)** Finished 16x WGS of 96 rams from 10 US sheep breeds representing diversity in traits like fertility, growth, and longevity. **USMARC Extended Sheep Diversity Panel****(MESDPv1.0)** Ongoing 10x WGS from 15 breeds, includes MSDPv2.4 rams plus 10 animals from each of 5 additional breeds **USMARC Sheep Tissues Bank Genotyping Controls **(****MSTBGCv30****)**** **International Sheep Genome Consortium Sheep Panel****(****ISGC75****)**  10x WGS from 43 breeds and two wild species /ARSUserFiles/30400500/CattleandSheepGenomicData/HDZ6999gaurcow_mph.jpg  **Related species (mapped to cattle and/or sheep)** Ongoing 10x WGS from related species like gaur, bison, banteng, and yak. /ARSUserFiles/30400500/CattleandSheepGenomicData/MDBK.jpg **Livestock Cell Lines (mapped to cattle and/or sheep)** Ongoing 10x WGS from cell lines used in USMARC research like Madin-Darby Bovine Kidney (MDBK) cells.


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