International Equine Genome Mapping Workshop
The 8th Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation International Equine Genome Mapping Workshop took place near Newmarket, UK from July 22 to 25, 2009...[more]
MEDIA ECLIPSE AWARD
Writers at the Louisville Courier Journal recently won the 2008 Media Eclipse Award for journalism based on an article about Thoroughbred racing and break-downs. They published a 3 part story, including genetics, track surfaces and medications. In connection with the genetics section they interviewed several members of the Horse Genome Project. See the accompanying links for the full stories on the 2008 Media Eclipse Award and the article itself.
HORSE GENOME SEQUENCE COMPLETE
The first draft of the horse genome sequence was recently completed and deposited...
[JAVMA News, April 2007]
HORSE GENOME ASSEMBLED
Data on Equine Genome Freely Available to Researchers Worldwide
[NIH News, February 2007]
HORSE GENOME SEQUENCED
The first genome map of a horse is complete, providing scientists with new tools for investigating equine disease. [ April 2006]
AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT
The Horse Genome Project is a collaborative effort by many research partners all over the world: