Revised COGNOSAG guidelines for gene nomenclature in ruminants 1998

The 1993 guidelines proposed by COGNOSAG were designed to accommodate the n aming of loci, including mapped and cloned loci in all ruminants, and to fa cilitate the development of a genome nomenclature consistent as far as poss ible between ruminant species. The guidelines have been revised, and COGNOS AG recommends that they be adopted not only for the ruminants sheep, cattle and goats but also for other farmed animals, such as pigs, horses, deer an d camelids. (C) Inra/Elsevier, Paris.