Applied Biosystems Axiom Porcine Breeders Array includes markers focused on genomic selection of commercial pig breeds, including Large White, Landrace, Duroc, and Pietrain. The core markers for the array were selected from markers on the Axiom Porcine High Density array that were evaluated using samples from multiple commercial and domestic breeds, including European wild boars. The inclusion of the most informative and best-performing markers from existing porcine arrays ensures that this array can be used to compare with data generated by previous studies. With the availability of the Axiom Long Format Export tool, which converts Axiom array data to long format, the array also provides the ability to continue existing projects without changes to current bioinformatics infrastructure and pipeline.

Features include:
• 55,150 markers for genomic and trait selection
• 42 trait-specific markers selected by the United States Department of Agriculture
• 64 parentage markers, including ISAG core markers
• SNPs evenly distributed throughout the porcine genome
• Marker annotations aligned with Sscrofa10.2 / susScr3 genome and dbSNP 148
• Targeted for commercial breeds including Large White, Landrace, Duroc, and Pietrain

Applications

• Parentage analysis
• Identification of traits of economic importance
• Genetic improvement of purebred lines