The EST Genome Project of the Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp aims to sequence thousands of EST (Expressed Sequence Tags) during the next three years (2003,2004,2005).
It will be made through the creation of a network of laboratories, placing Brazil at the forefront of genomic studies in this species and promoting the development of modern genetically-based technologies for the Brazilian productive sector, such as genetic mapping, identification of genes related to characters of economical interest and marker-assisted selection.

Penaeid Shrimp Microsatellite Database CID: Clipping vectors, Identifying SSR, Design of primers