The Illumina BovineSNP50 BeadChip had only a ∼65–70% accuracy rate in trait inheritance prediction. Even so, it allowed markers associated with high-quality traits to be viewed at birth ...

Similarly, with <50% of the sheep sequence available, an Illumina Ovine SNP50 BeadChip released in January is already being used to analyze a population of 20,000 sheep in New Zealand and elsewhere.