Animal Germplasm Resources Information Network (A-GRIN)

Animal genetic resources underpin the livestock sector's production and profitability. As a result livestock industries contribute billions of dollars to national economies. The Animal Germplasm Resources Information Network (A-GRIN) mission is to acquire, evaluate and preserve these strategic resources so that industry and the research community can have access to a broad array of genetic variability for: national security, introduction of genetic variation, corrective breeding, and various research initiatives. There are three major technical components:

Information Systems to better understand genetic diversity in the collection of germplasm and live populations.
Genetic Evaluation - understanding genetic diversity for the collection of germplasm and live populations.
Cryobiology, the discipline that enables the program to store gametes and various tissues at ultra-low temperatures (about -196°C).

In addition this program interacts with a wide range of livestock producers, researchers, and various industry representatives. Users can drill down to explore the germplasm collection by species, breed, line, and individual; compare taxonomies; find animals that meet their criteria to make a germplasm request. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: National Animal Germplasm Program Website. File Name: Web Page, url: https://agrin.ars.usda.gov/main_webpage_dev/ars?language=EN&record_source=US The Agricultural Research Service’s National Animal Germplasm Program operates a gene bank for livestock, aquatic, poultry and insect genetic resources. Exploring these pages you will find information concerning the genetic resources collection and other issues related to genetic resources and how the program operates.

动物遗传资源构成了畜牧业生产和盈利的基础。因此，畜牧业对国家经济的贡献达到数十亿美元。动物种质资源信息网络（A-GRIN）的使命在于获取、评估和保存这些战略资源，以便产业和研究界能够访问广泛的遗传多样性，用于国家安全、引入遗传变异、矫正育种以及各项研究项目。该网络包含三大主要技术组成部分：

- 信息系统，用于更深入地理解种质和活体种群中的遗传多样性。
- 遗传评估，用于理解种质和活体种群中的遗传多样性。
- 冷冻生物学，该学科使得项目能够在极低温度（约-196°C）下储存配子和各种组织。

此外，该计划与广泛的畜牧业生产者、研究人员和各类行业代表互动。用户可以按物种、品种、品系和个体钻取以探索种质收藏；比较分类学；寻找符合其标准的动物以发起种质请求。

本数据集包含的资源：
资源标题：国家动物种质计划网站。
文件名：网页，URL：https://agrin.ars.usda.gov/main_webpage_dev/ars?language=EN&record_source=US
美国农业研究服务局的国家动物种质计划运营着一个涵盖家畜、水生动物、家禽和昆虫遗传资源的基因库。浏览这些页面，您将找到有关遗传资源收藏及其他与遗传资源相关的问题以及该计划运作方式的信息。