How Much for That Mounted Pig s Head? USDA Awards $10M to Sequence Pig Genome

Jan 16, 2006

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 15 (GenomeWeb News) - The first sequence of the swine genome will be completed thanks to funding from the US Department of Agriculture, expertise from eight academic institutions, and DNA from a dead but not forgotten Duroc sow.

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