ST. LOUIS, Cofactor Genomics, a leading biotechnology company, announced today it will release a product to allow researchers to selectively enrich, sequence, analyze and detect variants in coding and regulatory regions of the Bovine (cow) genome. The creation of a Bos taurus exome capture product will provide sequence-verified SNP’s, insertions, and deletions, without any prior knowledge of genomic variation. This is expected to accelerate the pace of scientific research and discoveries for one of the world’s largest food sources.

Cofactor Genomics collaborated with members of the Bos taurus community and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service, who provided mRNA and EST data, to design probes to capture the most comprehensive set of coding and regulatory regions possible. This will allow researchers to investigate and discover variation across any breed of beef and dairy cattle for hypothesis-neutral marker and haplotype analysis as well as study and selectively breed for disease resistance, carcass quality, and palatability. Cofactor is capable of providing hybridization, library generation, sequencing, analysis, and visualization services for all samples and will begin accepting orders in early December, 2011.

Dr. Jarret Glasscock, CEO and founder of Cofactor Genomics, commented, “The development of a whole-exome capture solution for Bos taurus will allow researchers to probe the UTR and coding regions of the cow genome without spending money on sequencing repetitive content. Cofactor is excited to lead the way in the agricultural genomics revolution through our Bench to Barnyard™ products and services.”

About Cofactor Genomics, LLC

Cofactor Genomics is a privately held biotechnology company that employs experimental design, next-generation sequencing, and proprietary analysis technology and pipelines to drive the discovery and design of new products and processes for the life sciences field. Cofactor’s D&A (Design & Analysis) Solution is constructed to specifically assist those researchers who require more than just sequencing at a reasonable cost. It also provides expert design and analysis capabilities, customized to specific requirements, and bioinformatics to make the most of the data that is generated. Cofactor’s expertise in molecular biology and bioinformatics accelerates its partners’ biological research, discovery and product development in a number of scientific areas worldwide. For more information, visit www.cofactorgenomics.com.