title: First steps: bovine genomics in historical perspective.
abstract: The vision of Morris Soller was instrumental in launching the field of bovine genomics. This study is a review of the early years of bovine gene mapping leading up to the sequencing and assembly of the bovine genome in 2009. A historical perspective of parasexual, linkage and physical mapping is provided with a focus on the contribution of these maps to the eventual assignment and orientation of genes and sequence to cattle chromosomes.
authors: Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA.
authors: James E
authors: JE
authors: Womack
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D033481:Chromosomes, Mammalian; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D016678:Genome; D023281:Genomics / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D021101:Radiation Hybrid Mapping