Design and validation of a 90K SNP genotyping assay for the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).
Daniela IamartinoEzequiel L NicolazziCurtis P Van TassellJames Mark ReecyEric R Fritz-WatersJames E KoltesStefano BiffaniTad S SonstegardSteven G SchroederPaolo Ajmone-MarsanRiccardo NegriniRolando PasquarielloPaola RamelliAngelo ColettaJosé F GarciaAhmad AliLuigi RamunnoGianfranco CosenzaDenise A A de OliveiraMarcela G DrummondEduardo BastianettoAlessandro DavassiAli PiraniFiona BrewJohn Lewis WilliamsPublished in: PloS one (2017)
The 90K buffalo SNP chip described here is suitable for the analysis of the genomes of river buffalo breeds, and could be used for genetic diversity studies and potentially as a starting point for genome-assisted selection programmes. This SNP Chip could also be used to analyse swamp buffalo, but many loci are not informative and creation of a revised SNP set specific for swamp buffalo would be advised.