Indias first Cattle Genomic Chip IndiGau was released. IndiGau is Indias first Cattle Genomic Chip for the conservation of pure types of indigenous cattle breeds like Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole, etc.
About IndiGau:
This indigenous chip was once developed by way of the concerted efforts of scientists of the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad, an self-reliant institution underneath the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology.
According to the announcement released, IndiGau is the biggest cattle chip in the world.
It has 11,496 markers (SNPs) extra than that placed on 777K Illumina chips of US & UK breeds.
IndiGau will have sensible utility in the authorities schemes to attain the purpose of conservation of the indigenous breeds with better characteristics.
SNP chip:
SNP chip is a small sliver of glass, about the dimension of a fingernail, into which are etched a very giant variety of very small pits. Each of these hold a tiny quantity of DNA, which has been extracted from the tissue pattern of an animal or plant and can be read via a DNA sequence-reading machine.