What is it about?
This paper documents the development of a new tool for assessing genome-wide variation in polar bears, with higher resolution than the genetic markers that have previously been used.
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Why is it important?
This is among the first medium-density SNP arrays developed for a wild species.
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This page is a summary of: Design of a 9K illumina BeadChip for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from RAD and transcriptome sequencing, Molecular Ecology Resources, September 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12327.
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Resources
Press release
University of Alberta press release
Transcriptomes
Polar bear blood and fat transcriptomes used to build this assay
Post-print
Post-print version available at ResearchGate
DRYAD
RAD, transcriptomic, and microsatellite data, inputs/outputs of analyses, and a version of the program PLINK 1.07 modified to work with the draft polar bear genome.
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