Poultry genomics puts meat on the table.

Smith, Edward J.; Pourquié, Olivier; Burt, David W.

Poultry genomics puts meat on the table.

dc.contributor.author	Smith, Edward J.	en
dc.contributor.author	Pourquié, Olivier	en
dc.contributor.author	Burt, David W.	en
dc.contributor.department	Animal and Poultry Sciences	en
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-14T15:27:16Z	en
dc.date.available	2018-01-14T15:27:16Z	en
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.description.abstract	Why did the chicken cross the road, you ask? Because the draft sequence of its genome has been released, silly. So, along with other ‘bird enthusiasts’ and advocates, those long involved in chicken genetics and genetic studies of birds came to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), 8–11 May 2005, for the 3rd Chicken Genomics Workshop to pat each other on the back for the recently released draft sequence (International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium, 2004), compare notes, review progress, and plan for the road ahead! Never mind that the meeting preceded, perhaps as a convenience or, to a cynic, just ‘being chicken’ (an inability to ‘stand alone’?), the annual ‘Biology of Genomes’ meeting: these scientists did not shy away from the ‘chicken jokes’ or from making a strong case for why their work ranks up there with other tractable biomedical models. Joking aside, many speakers at the chicken meeting also attended or were part of ‘Biology of Genomes’, so the chicken is now clearly recognized as a model genome and of great value in evolutionary comparisons. Scientific presentations included the usual staples at genome meetings, such as SNPs, sequence to function, QTL identification and expression profiling. They also included novel talks about gynandromorphs, endogenous viral elements, transgenesis, developmental mutants and signalling pathways. The gathering represented a culmination and a celebration of a vision that started with the partnership between Jerry Dodgson, Michigan State, and Lyman Crittenden, USDA–ARS, as well as the efforts of several European scientists, including the late Nat Bumstead, Martien Groenen (Wageningen) and Dave Burt (Roslin Institute). It was appropriate that the meeting ended with an exploration by the chicken community of ‘what now?	en
dc.description.version	Published version	en
dc.format.extent	311 - 316 page(s)	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Ed Smith, Olivier Pourquié, and Dave Burt, “Poultry Genomics Puts Meat on the Table,” Comparative and Functional Genomics, vol. 6, no. 5-6, pp. 311-316, 2005. doi:10.1002/cfg.485.	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1002/cfg.485	en
dc.identifier.issn	1531-6912	en
dc.identifier.issue	5-6	en
dc.identifier.orcid	Smith, E [0000-0001-9021-152X]	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81767	en
dc.identifier.volume	6	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.uri	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18629212	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported	en
dc.rights.holder	Copyright © 2005 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/	en
dc.title	Poultry genomics puts meat on the table.	en
dc.title.serial	Comparative and Functional Genomics	en
dc.type	Article - Refereed	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en
dcterms.dateAccepted	2005-06-16	en
pubs.organisational-group	/Virginia Tech	en
pubs.organisational-group	/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences	en
pubs.organisational-group	/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/Animal and Poultry Sciences	en
pubs.organisational-group	/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/CALS T&R Faculty	en
pubs.organisational-group	/Virginia Tech/All T&R Faculty	en