Description
Friday June 13th – San Marco River collecting and Xiphophorus Stock Center
The bus will stop for lunch on your own.
The Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center (XGSC) is located at the Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. The XGSC serves as a national stock center for Xiphophorus species as well as an education and training center for animal husbandry, genetics, transgenesis, genomics, and bioinformatics. The XGSC is funded by the National Institute of Health, Office of the Director, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP). The XGSC provides a facility for maintaining genetic stock of 24 Xiphophorus species, providing stocks to researchers, developing new experimental tools and resources for comparative and translational biomedical research, and meeting needs of the Xiphophorus research community through workshops and conferences.
