Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• PLANNING GROUP FOR THE WORKSHOP ON EXPLORING HORIZONS FOR DOMESTIC ANIMAL GENOMICS
• BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
• BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• 2. The Value of Sequencing Domestic Animal Genomes
  • SEQUENCING FOR AGRICULTURE
  • SEQUENCING FOR ENHANCED BASIC SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING
  • SEQUENCING FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
  • ADVANTAGES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS FOR COMPARATIVE GENOMICS
• 3. Identifying Priorities
  • FINDING THE BALANCE BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC INTEREST AND PRACTICAL NEEDS
  • WHICH ANIMAL GENOMES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SEQUENCING?
• 4. Roles of Public, Private, and Nongovernmental Organizations in Advancing Genomics Research
  • PARTNERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL FOR ADVANCING ANIMAL GENOMIC RESEARCH
  • THE ROLE OF FEDERAL AGENCIES
  • THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
  • THE ROLE OF A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
  • ALLOCATING WORK IN ANIMAL GENOMICS RESEARCH
• 5. Data Access
  • APPROPRIATE TOOLS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA ACCESS
  • THE CHALLENGE OF SCALING UP IN RESPONSE TO INCREASES IN DATA
  • STRUCTURING GENOME DATABASES
  • ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FOR BIOINFORMATICS
• 6. Looking Forward
  • A STRATEGY FOR AN ANIMAL GENOME INITIATIVE
• Appendix A Workshop Agenda
• Appendix B Workshop Participant List
• Appendix C Workshop Speaker Biographies

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this summary was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the planning group responsible for the planning of the workshop were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This workshop was supported by agreement numbers 59-0790-1-137, 2001-38831-11434, 263-MD-203182, DE-FG02-02ER63368, and IBN-0136019 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (ARS and CSREES), the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation (any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.