A whole-genome assembly of the domestic cow, Bos taurus

V. Zimin, Aleksey; L. Delcher, Arthur; Florea, Liliana; R. Kelley, David; C. Schatz, Michael; Puiu, Daniela; Hanrahan, Finnian; Pertea, Geo; P. Van Tassell, Curtis; S. Sonstegard, Tad; Marçais, Guillaume; Roberts, Michael; Subramanian, Poorani; A. Yorke, James; L. Salzberg, Steven

doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-4-r42

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A whole-genome assembly of the domestic cow, Bos taurus

Published in Genome biology • Apr 24, 2009

Authors:

Aleksey V. Zimin

Arthur L. Delcher

Liliana Florea

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The genome of the domestic cow, Bos taurus, was sequenced using a mixture of hierarchical and whole-genome shotgun sequencing methods. RESULTS: We have assembled the 35 million sequence reads and applied a variety of assembly improvement techniques, creating an assembly of 2.86 billion b...

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Biology

Human genetics

Genome

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