Current Status of Genome Maps of Livestock

The technique of determining a gene's position on a chromosome is known as gene mapping. Linkage analysis was employed in early gene maps. Gene mapping of the genome entails dividing a number of genes into maps of distinct linkage groups and figuring out their linear order on each chromosome. Since the human genome was initially sequenced in 2001, our knowledge of how the genome is organized has greatly increased. The genomic maps have been summarized by sequencing of livestock and other model animals which help in identifying its genomic patterns and features.