Assembly

Pig This is the first release of the high-coverage Sscrofa9 (April 2009) assembly for chromosomes 1 to 18 and X of the pig genome, Sus scrofa. Using the integrated highly contiguous physical map of the pig genome (Humphray et al, Genome Biology 2007,8:R139) as a template for sequencing, the International Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium has secured first phase funding from the USDA to achieve a draft 4x sequence depth across the genome through a minimal tilepath BAC by BAC approach. The map is localised to the genome through the integration of the UIUC RH markers, the tilepath is being selected from the CH-242 library generated from a single Duroc sow.