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ICBF Database in Numbers
There are over 2.5M Genotypes in the national database and counting. ICBF is the largest Beef Genomics database in the world.
That’s ‘Billion’ with a ‘B’ (Over 80 times the population of China). SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation between animals.
There are over 1 Billion pieces of phenotypic (non genomic) data stored on the ICBF database.
Latest from Blog
Press Release: National Genotyping Programme.
Over 20,500 herds signed up for SCEP!
DNA Calf Registration Case Study: The Murphy Family, Ovens, Cork.
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