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Affymetrix and the Jackson Laboratory Launch First Genotyping Tool for Studying Mouse Strain Diversity

Published in Lab Business Week, April 11th, 2010

Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) and The Jackson Laboratory announced the full commercial launch of the Affymetrix® Mouse Diversity Genotyping Array. This is the first high-density genotyping array that enables researchers to study the complexity of the mouse genome and the diversity among mouse strains.

Because mice and humans share genomes of similar size, content, and organization, mice studies are key elements in the quest to cure human health issues.

The array was developed in the laboratories of Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, and Gary Churchill, PhD, of the Center for Genome Dynamics at The...

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Source: Lab Business Week (2010-04-11)

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