The natural variation between inbred mouse strains provides us with an essential tool to study complex diseases involving the interaction of multiple genes. This is a focal point of biomedical research and drug efficacy testing, said Jackson Lab Professor Gary Churchill. Using Affymetrix technology, we have created a way for scientists around the world to analyze these variations with much greater specificity and data reproducibility.

Through JAX?® Services, The Jackson Laboratory offers array hybridization and computational analysis services to researchers worldwide. The JAX?® Mouse Diversity Genotyping Array Service is being provided by the same microarray and computational analysis group that participated in the design, validation, and analysis of the Mouse Diversity Genotyping Array. The Jackson Laboratory has run more than 1,000 samples on this array and has developed tools that enable extremely accurate genotype calling.

Two leading mouse geneticists have identified the most relevant and comprehensive collection of SNPs for studying mouse diversity, said Kevin King, president and CEO of Affymetrix. Affymetrix was able to screen these to find the highest performing SNPs, and we believe that together we have produced the best tool for meeting researchers ™ needs in this field.

Source: Jackson Laboratory