by be-webmaster | Mar 24, 2019 | news
Understanding the genomes of endangered species could help stop their slide toward extinction Scientific American |March 13, 2019 | By Jonas Korlach The death on New Year’s Day of the last member of a Hawaiian tree snail species (Achatinella apexfulva),...
by be-webmaster | Mar 2, 2019 | news
February 28, 2019 Gavin Naylor The headlines are eye-catching: Scientists have sequenced the genome of white sharks. Or the bamboo lemur, or the golden eagle. But why spend so much time and money figuring out the DNA makeup of different species? I am an evolutionary...
by be-webmaster | Feb 14, 2019 | news
The Vertebrate Genomes Project: What it takes to get it right. Sequencing all the vertebrates on Earth is a big job that requires many techniques. 150 scientists at 50 institutions in 12 countries are involved. More can join. And: labs do not need to be VGP members to...
by be-webmaster | Dec 27, 2018 | news
Nov 22, 2018 | Andy Stiny A new international scientific effort just released the entire hereditary background of 14 different species, and a tiny bird that inhabits New Mexico is playing a starring role. Anna’s hummingbird, a unique creature that can be found in the...
by be-webmaster | Dec 18, 2018 | news
Cambridge Independent | Nov 18, 2018 | Paul Brackley An extraordinary global effort to sequence the genetic codes of all 1.5 million known species of animals, plants, protozoa and fungi on Earth is under way – and the Wellcome Sanger Institute is to play a leading...
by be-webmaster | Dec 11, 2018 | news
Dec 6, 2018 | Nature Biotechnology editorial staff The Vertebrate Genome Project provides a new benchmark for those seeking to build reference genomes. The first set of reference genomes recently released by the Vertebrate Genome Project (VGP) represents a watershed...
