MassARRAY® System – Flexible and Cost-Effective High-throughput Screening Tool for Agricultural Research
Genome-wide association and next-generation sequencing studies have identified a vast number of genetic markers, which are now being used in molecular breeding of plants and animals for a variety of improvements, including increased yields, disease resistance, feed efficiency and nutrition. With its unmatched performance and versatility, Sequenom’s MassARRAY System is a powerful tool for downstream marker validation and large-scale screening.
Product Spotlight for Agricultural Genomics
- Highly flexible system:Cover all of your important SNPs. No need to limit your panel to a fixed SNP number.
- Modifying an existing panel is fast and easy
- Low cost per SNP and short reagent order lead time
- High sample throughput: 10 hours from DNA to results with 45 minutes hands-on-time. One technician can generate 4,000-153,000 genotypes on one MassARRAY Compact system per day.
- High call rate irrespective of organism: Up to 99% call rate on agricultural organisms.
- Applications beyond genotyping: In addition to SNP genotyping, the MassARRAY platform also supports copy number variation, gene expression, and methylation applications.
Workshop Recording: Sequenom workshop at Plant and Animal Genome XVIII*
Dr. Miri-Cohen Zinder from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Professor Robert Henry from Southern Cross University, and Dr. Adam Shahid from Pfizer Animal Genetics presented their studies on livestock and polyploid crop genetic testing.
Webinar Recording: Quantitative SNP Typing in Maize*
Dr. Patrick S. Schnable, Baker Professor of Agronomy from Iowa State University, presents "High-throughput genetic mapping of mutants via quantitative SNP-typing" using the Sequenom MassARRAY system. Dr. Schnable discusses how to convert putative SNPs discovered by next gen sequencing into genetic markers that can be scored reliably and used to generate a SNP-based maize genetic map. He also shares his experiences in developing a strategy to rapidly map the loci associated with recessive mutants, taking advantage of the quantitative nature of the Sequenom-based SNP assays.
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