by be-webmaster | Nov 7, 2018 | news
Fortune | Nov 2, 2018 | Lucas Laursen If Noah had today’s genome sequencers he would have built a smaller ark – and filled it with hard drives. A network of scientists around the world Thursday, launched a 10-year project to sequence the genomes of all the 1.5...
by be-webmaster | Oct 18, 2018 | news
Date: Monday, July 2, 2018 Author: Chrissy Sexton In an unprecedented study, researchers have analyzed the full DNA sequence of a fern. The team was so determined to examine the genome of the floating water fern, Azolla filiculoides, that they set up an online...
by be-webmaster | Oct 18, 2018 | news
Date: Thursday, May 24, 2018 Author: Steph Yin When the last male northern white rhinoceros died in March, people mourned the beloved mammal’s step toward extinction. With no members of the subspecies left in the wild and just two females remaining in captivity, it...
by be-webmaster | Oct 18, 2018 | news
Date: Thursday, May 24, 2018 Author: Dana Macciola COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY PRESS Earlier this year, the last remaining male Northern White Rhinoceros (NWR) died in captivity, nearly cementing the fate of this subspecies for extinction. In the wild, continuing...
by be-webmaster | Oct 18, 2018 | news
Date: Friday, April 27, 2018 An international consortium of scientists is proposing a massive project to sequence, catalog and analyze the genomes of all known eukaryotic species on the planet, an undertaking the researchers say will take 10 years, cost $4.7 billion...
by be-webmaster | Oct 18, 2018 | news
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2018 Author: Anthony King As scientists get closer and closer to being able to bring extinct animals back to life, big questions emerge. What led to extinction in the first place? What would be the impacts on other species or the environment?...
