The sheep industry is no stranger to genomics.
Scientists recently weaved together the sheep genome, an accomplishment that should speed the discovery of important production traits.
DNA includes four different bases, labelled A’s, C’s, G’s and T’s.
“The order determines whether it’s bacteria or a strawberry or a pine tree or a human or a sheep,” Noelle Cockett, provost and executive vice president of Utah State University told the Cache Valley Daily. Cockett verified the research findings and secured funding for the project.