About resSpecies

Genetic linkage and QTL mapping experiments involve large volumes of data. These include pedigree details, genotypes and trait data all of which must be combined in different forms to suit the nuances of each analysis program. Such experiments frequently also consist of collaborations between several groups making data sharing and concurrency a key concern. To simplify the handling of such data we have developed resSpecies using funds obtained from the BBSRC.

The resSpecies system is currently being used to support several European and UK-national collaborative QTL mapping projects in addition to The Roslin Institute's national QTL mapping programmes. Although access is currently limited to registered members of the collaborating laboratories, those collaborators represent a significant proportion of the world's livestock genome mappers.

As the results of the analyses are published we hope, with the permission of the data owners, to make the data underpinning each publication available through this site without the hindrance of password-protection.