Toward a genome sequence for every animal: Where are we now?

Toward a genome sequence for every animal: Where are we now?

[Figure 5 from Article] Scott Hotaling, Joanna L. Kelley, and Paul B. Frandsen | PNAS | PNAS December 28, 2021 118 (52) e2109019118 In less than 25 y, the field of animal genome science has transformed from a discipline seeking its first glimpses into genome sequences...

Genomics-led solutions for all life on Earth

How will a landmark DNA sequencing project help secure the future of life – both ours and every other species’? In his talk at the 2021 Frontiers Forum Speaker Series, Professor Harris A. Lewin, American biologist, professor of evolution and ecology and Robert...
Genomes go platinum

Genomes go platinum

Genomes go platinum Brooke LaFlamme | Nature Portfolio | February 10, 2021 Sequencing a vertebrate genome had almost become routine by 2017, but, with very few exceptions, assemblies of most diploid genomes remained highly fragmented and incomplete. The domestic goat...
Oldest DNA sequences reveal how mammoths evolved

Oldest DNA sequences reveal how mammoths evolved

Analysis of ancient DNA sequences recovered from mammoth teeth reveal North American mammoths were descended from two earlier mammoth lineages February 17, 2021 | Tim Stephens | UCSC An international team of scientists has sequenced DNA recovered from mammoth remains...