SIXTH INTERNATIONAL MOUSE GENOME CONFERENCE

小鼠基因组会议在组织和 专注于小鼠遗传学社区的兴趣和资源。 这些会议为传播最新的小鼠基因组学提供了一个论坛 研究，以及一种解决 社区。历届会议的具体成果包括：1)a) 致力于研究哺乳动物基因组的新期刊《哺乳动物基因组》 分析，现在是出版的第二年，并制作了 染色体委员会报告；2)国际哺乳动物基因组 为了更好地组织和协调老鼠，已经成立了协会 基因组会议和染色体委员会；3)染色体 委员会正在运作，他们正在整合努力，以 为每条染色体制定一致的遗传和物理图谱；4) 第四届小鼠基因组会议推荐NIH和能源部 建立了一个关于老鼠基因组的工作组，以帮助识别 最能实现绘制地图目标的方案方向 小鼠基因组；以及5)其他已建立的委员会的活动 已与包括Mouse在内的小鼠基因组会议整合 雨果基因组委员会和国际标准化委员会 小鼠的遗传命名法。这两个委员会都有独立的 但这些委员会的成员积极参与 小鼠基因组会议。包含命名法 委员会参与会议特别有帮助，因为 识别遗传变异的新技术的扩展和 被定位的基因大幅增加。 小鼠基因组会议通过聚焦完成独特的使命 特别是1)提出重要的新战略和 基因组分析的范例，2)重要新数据的呈现，3) 染色体委员会会议，4)确定影响 这一问题需要共同努力才能得到解决。 这些会议继续发挥关键作用，确保鼠标 基因组研究提供了全面和严谨的遗传和物理 地图。很难想象这些地图是如何在一个 在没有这些会议的情况下采取综合方式。

The Mouse Genome Conferences have played a key role in organizing and focusing the interests and resources of the mouse genetics community. These meetings provide a forum for disseminating recent mouse genomics research, and a vehicle for addressing problems of common concern in the community. Tangible results of the previous conferences include: 1) a new journal, Mammalian Genome, that is devoted to mammalian genome analysis, is now in the second year of publication and has produced the chromosome committee reports; 2) the International Mammalian Genome Society has been established to better organize and coordinate the Mouse Genome Conferences and the chromosome committees; 3) the chromosome committees are functioning and they are integrating the efforts to develop consensus genetic and physical maps for each chromosome; 4) the Fourth Mouse Genome Conference recommended and NIH and DOE has established a working group on the mouse genome to help identify programmatic directions that would best achieve the goals of mapping the mouse genome; and 5) the activities of other established committees have been integrated with the Mouse Genome Conferences including the Mouse Genome Committee of HUGO and the International Committee on Standardized Genetic Nomenclature for Mice. Both of these committees have independent standing but the membership of these committees actively participate in the Mouse Genome Conferences. The inclusion of the Nomenclature committee into the conferences is particularly helpful given the rapid expansion of new technologies for identifying genetic variation and the substantial increase in mapped genes. Mouse Genome Conferences fulfill a unique mission by focusing specifically on 1) presentation of significant new strategies and paradigms for genome analysis, 2) presentation of important new data, 3) chromosome committee meetings, 4) identification of problems that affect the mouse community and that require concerted efforts for resolution. These Conferences continue to play a key role in ensuring that mouse genome research provides comprehensive and rigorous genetic and physical maps. It is difficult to imagine how these maps could be developed in an integrated manner without these conferences.