International laboratories are invited to participate in development of this framework map. High quality archival DNA has been prepared from individuals from the mapping family (grandparents, parents and 42 offspring). Sufficient DNA from the reference mapping family will be provided to interested laboratories for genotyping using PCR based methods. It is intended that collaborating investigators will return genotypic data that is generated on the family to the central CSIRO/AIMS database. In return CSIRO/AIMS will carry out the linkage analysis and send map data comprising linkage information for the markers genotyped by the collaborating investigator.

There is no phenotypic information associated with the mapping family, and the framework map will be in the public domain and free from restrictions on its use. The only requirement is that the source of the information be acknowledged in future use.

The results of this work will continue to be published in the scientific literature as it progresses. All contributors of genotypic data to the map will share authorship on publications that incorporate those data. In addition, collaborators will be joint authors on presentations at conferences and other venues where their genotyping data is included in the presentation.