The Axiom Chicken Genotyping Array was developed in collaboration with leading academic institutions and commercial poultry companies, including the Roslin Institute, Aviagen Ltd, Hy-Line International with funding from BBSRC LINK and the German Synbreed project funded by BMBF.

This genotyping array detects genetic variants in white egg layers, brown egg layers, broilers, and outbred non-commercial breeds. High-density information from the array founders is useful for poultry breeding, while markers associated with wild crossbred lines are useful for genetic diversity analysis among indigenous chicken populations.

Features and benefits of Axiom Chicken Genotyping Array:

• Complete content: more than 580,000 common and rare markers selected from 1.8 million tested variants

• Genome-wide coverage: well-annotated markers evenly distributed throughout the genome in layers and broilers

• Designed for your breed: more than 24 breeds represented, including commercial layers and broilers and non-commercial outbred lines

• Affordable: high return on investment and the lowest available cost per marker

• Robust assay performance: Includes genotype-tested SNPs that are highly polymorphic and demonstrate >99% call rate

Applications of Axiom Chicken Genotyping Array:

• Genome-wide association studies

• High-resolution genetic mapping

• Mendelian trait mapping

• Diversity analysis in indigenous chickens

• Selection signature analysis