SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN - News) today launched the Infinium BovineSNP50 BeadChip, a 12-sample genotyping product now available for detecting genetic variation in any breed of cattle. Developed in collaboration with leading bovine researchers from the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), the University of Missouri-Columbia, the University of Alberta, and other industry partners, the BovineSNP50 BeadChip features more than 54,000 SNPs evenly spaced across the entire bovine genome. Of these SNPs, 24,000 were discovered using Illumina’s Genome Analyzer and are not available on any other commercial array or in any public database. Illumina also recently released the Infinium CanineSNP20 BeadChip, a 22,000 SNP panel developed in collaboration with the Broad Institute and the University of California, Davis. Genotyping on both the BovineSNP50 and CanineSNP20 products is also available as a service through Illumina’s FastTrack Genotyping Services group.
