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Rat Genome Sequencing: Rattus norvegicus

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) have supported a rat genome sequencing project to produce 7X draft coverage of the rat genome in a mixture of whole genome shotgun and Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC)-based sequence. The resulting genome sequence was assembled in March, 2004 (to see NIH press release, please click here).

The Rat Genome Sequencing Network is led by the Baylor College of Medicine Genome Sequencing Center and is a collaboration with Celera Genomics, Genome Therapeutics, The Institute for Genome Research and The University of British Columbia.

Genome Sequencing Whitepaper Proposals:

Rattus norvegicus
Rat SNPs / SNP Discovery
(Submitted Oct. 2004)
Rattus norvegicus
Genome Refinement
(Submitted Sept. 2005)

Project Links:

Baylor College of Medicine Genome Sequencing Center [hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu]
The Institute for Genome Research [tigr.org]

Supporting Institutions:

NHLBI [nhlbi.nih.gov]

Collaborating Organizations:

Celera Genomics [celera.com]
Oscient Corp. [oscient.com]
Michael Smith Genome Sciences Center (British Columbia Cancer Agency) [bcgsc.bc.ca]

The Trans-NIH Rat Program [nih.gov] is an excellent source of additional information of a wide range of genomic and genetic resources related to the laboratory rat.