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Genome assembly: ARS1 (GCA_001704415.1)

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This species has data on 3 additional breeds. View list of breeds

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What can I find? Protein-coding and non-coding genes, splice variants, cDNA and protein sequences, non-coding RNAs.

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Comparative genomics

What can I find? Homologues, gene trees, and whole genome alignments across multiple species.

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Variation

What can I find? Short sequence variants; disease and other phenotypes

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