phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at o:5031 DOI 10.1111/age.70039 IMAGE001: A new livestock multispecies SNP array to characterize genomic variation in European livestock gene bank collections Molecular genetic characterization of genetic resources is essential to study biodiversity. Whereas whole genome sequencing is still relatively expensive, low density SNP arrays offer a cost‐effective and standardized solution. However, most of the current arrays are species specific. Their high SNP density often exceeds diversity mapping requirements and remains too costly for many genetic resource managers. The IMAGE H2020 project aimed at developing a low‐cost multispecies SNP array to facilitate mapping of the genetic diversity in samples stored in gene banks and in vivo (on farm) traditional populations. This farm animal multispecies array contains approximately 10 K SNPs per species. The species included are cattle, sheep, goat, horse, pig, and chicken. We developed and tested this array on many samples from each of the six species. We describe here the SNP coverage and informativity across 253 breeds. We show that the array can be used to cluster local breeds according to history and genetic diversity. We illustrate its use for parentage testing. The array is publicly available at a reasonable price if ordered in multiples of 384 samples, leading to an overall cost of genotyping of approximately 15 euros per sample. eng Biodiversity Farm Animals Multispecies SNP Array 2026-03-31T08:21:44.506Z LOMv1.0 Author BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Crooijmans;R. P. M. A.; FN:R. P. M. A. Crooijmans X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8108-9972 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Gonzalez Prendes;R.; FN:R. Gonzalez Prendes END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Colli;L.; FN:L. Colli END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Del Corvo;M.; FN:M. Del Corvo END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Barbato;M.; FN:M. Barbato END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Somenzi;E.; FN:E. Somenzi END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Tosser‐Klopp;G.; FN:G. Tosser‐Klopp X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0550-4673 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Meszaros;G.; FN:G. Meszaros X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5937-0060 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Ajmone‐Marsan;P.; FN:P. Ajmone‐Marsan END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Weigend;S.; FN:S. Weigend END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Wallner;Barbara; FN:Barbara Wallner X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4159-0695 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:McCue;M. E.; FN:M. E. McCue END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Orlando;L.; FN:L. Orlando END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Bradley;D.; FN:D. Bradley END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Hiemstra;S. J.; FN:S. J. Hiemstra END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Schokker;D.; FN:D. Schokker END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Peynot;N.; FN:N. Peynot END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Stella;A.; FN:A. Stella END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Restoux;G.; FN:G. Restoux END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Groenen;M. A. M.; FN:M. A. M. Groenen END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Tixier‐Boichard;M.; FN:M. Tixier‐Boichard END:VCARD https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/scheme https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/text Textdokument Text LOMv1.0 yes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 application/pdf 1589885 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:5031 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/api/object/o:5031/thumbnail LOMv1.0 discipline