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Genome assembly: ARS-UI_Ramb_v3.0 (GCA_016772045.2)

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This species has data on 11 additional breeds. View list of breeds

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Gene annotation

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 and longer structural variants; disease and other phenotypes

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