Thermo Fisher Scientific Axiom Ovine Genotyping Array (50K)

Applied Biosystems™ Axiom™ Ovine Genotyping Array (50K)

The Applied Biosystems Axiom Ovine Genotyping Array (50K) provides the power and resolution to enable a wide range of applications in sheep breeding, including breed assignment, parentage verification and discovery, and traceability and monitoring of polymorphisms of known large effect.

The Axiom Ovine Genotyping Array includes markers selected by the International Sheep Genomics Consortium, derived from three separate sequencing experiments. The array content is augmented with additional markers for parentage testing and traceability in globally diverse breeds of sheep. These include 163 highly informative parentage markers (MAF ≥0.3) in 48 +5 breed groups that enable accurate parentage testing and traceability in many of the world’s sheep breeds.

Features

• Expert design—developed in collaboration with Donagh Berry at Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Center, Ireland
• Exceptionally high-quality SNPs with excellent call and concordance rates across platforms and laboratories
• Includes SNPs for parentage as well as other traits including scrapie
• Compatible with Sheep Consortium 15K arrays and previous studies

Applications

• Parentage verification and discovery
• Accurate genomic evaluations
• Genome-wide associations following accurate imputation to higher density panel
• Breed assignment
• Monitoring of major genes
• Aneuploidy detection—early identification of unsuitable breeding animals
• Measurement of genetic diversity and genomic inbreeding statistics
• Mating design optimization
• Traceability

Data Analysis Software

Data from the Axiom Ovine Genotyping Array are analyzed using:

• Axiom Analysis Suite
• Axiom CNV Summary Tools
• Axiom Long Format Export Tool (AxLE)

Required Products

• GeneChip Command Console Software
• GeneTitan Multi-Channel Instrument
• Axiom Analysis Suite Software

Specifications