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BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

Exome sequencing in Atlantic salmon

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Development of an exon capture array for Atlantic salmon will be an important tool for large-scale characterization of exonic sequences and gene copy number variation (CNV) in both Atlantic salmon and the closely related brown trout. Obvious applications of the array are improved accuracy in variant detection and evidence-based gene prediction, as well as better separation and characterization of duplicated regions in the regions in the Atlantic salmon genome. Development of a whole genome exon capture ar ray is a major bioinformatics challenge connecting researchers from JCVI and CIGENE. Funding of the application will allow researcher in the two groups to visit each other for shorter periods. It will give us access to a unique computational infrastruct ure and key bioinformatics competence at JCVI.

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BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping