Sentences with phrase «animal genome sequences»

University of Nevada, Reno researchers, led by College of Science Assistant Professor David Alvarez - Ponce, have analyzed 322 animal genome sequences from the National Center for Biotechnology Information looking for animals that show the presence of active CMAH genes.

The oldest animal genome sequenced so far is 700,000 years old.

Not exact matches

«These predictive algorithms seem to do a good job when CRISPR is performed in cells or tissues in a dish, but whole genome sequencing has not been employed to look for all off - target effects in living animals,» says co-author Alexander Bassuk, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics at the University of Iowa.

Last week, a research consortium posted the draft sequence of the naked mole rat's genome online; further study may unlock the genetic clues to this unique animal's survival abilities.

And a dog genome sequence has made the animals an even more useful model by quickening the search for disease - causing genes.

However, the results of more recent phylogenetic analyses, derived from comparisons between sequences of specific genes and of whole genomes, seemed to point to Ctenophora as the first group that parted company with the lineage from which the rest of the animal kingdom (including sponges) evolved.

Sequencing the genome of one such organism, King and her colleagues found genes that code for pieces of the same proteins used for the binding of cells and communication between cells in animals — functions that would be unexpected in such an organism.

They sequenced the first whole animal, the flatworm, in 1998, and then pushed the systems to handle big chunks of bigger genomes — billions of base pairs.

The sequencing of the oldest mammalian genome from an ancient polar bear jawbone provides clues about these animals» fraught relationship with climate change

Rapid advances in genome sequencing have provided promising new techniques to help researchers conserve endangered species, but efforts to resurrect extinct animals raise complex legal, ethical and environmental questions, experts said at a 4 November event at AAAS.

Using a database of wildlife genomes that have already been sequenced and tissue samples taken from living animals or carcasses, the team identified DNA sequences that are unique to manatee.

Moreover, as genomes of other animals are sequenced, «there will be a lot of biology that will be clarified,» says Tom Pollard, a cell biologist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Thanks to the genome sequencing of multiple contemporary animals of the deuterostome group, we can go back in time to unveil aspects of the long - lost ancestor of this diverse group of animals.

Ruiz - Trillo and his team sequenced the Capsaspora genome in an earlier project and discovered that the amoeba contained many genes that, in animals, are related to multicellular functions.

Moreover, spiders are not closely related to most of the other animals whose genomes have already been sequenced, making it difficult to use those references to piece together and analyze spider genomes.

His adviser at the time, animal genomicist Martien Groenen of Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands, had sequenced these genomes and had gathered additional, albeit less complete, genetic data from 600 other wild and domesticated pigs as part of another study.

Bilde thought the velvet spider's genome would hold clues to the animal's social behavior and its odd mix of resilience and fragility, so her team and the Chinese sequencing giant BGI set out to sequence its DNA and, for comparison, that of a tarantula.

To measure genetic diversity, Nowak's team sequenced genes in the animals» mitochondria — energy - generating cellular organelles that have their own small genome.

As more such species are sequenced, he says, «everyone will be using these» genomes to find out which genes are responsible for particular functions, especially for plant pathogens such as Fusarium, which causes ear rot in corn and puts out mycotoxins in animal feed.

The researchers sequenced the genomes of 43 different CC97 isolates from humans, cattle, and other animals, and plotted their genetic relationships in a phylogenetic tree.

That ability opens the door for sequencing many more genomes at an even faster pace, which is necessary if scientists are going to get better at learning to predict or perhaps even change an animal's characteristics based on their DNA alone.

Ctenophores were the last remaining group of primitive animals to have a genome sequenced, so the research allowed the first genetic comparison of all groups.

The sequenced genome also provides a reference for scientists studying cephalopods to investigate other species of these exotic animals.

The team then sequenced a region of each animal's genome they had previously identified as playing a role in sociability.

Researchers have assembled the California Academy of Sciences» first - ever animal genome after sequencing the DNA of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina).

The technique used by Poinar's group was so productive that experts predict it will be used soon to sequence entire genomes of extinct animals.

For each specimen, they sequenced 685 bases from the fastest - mutating part of the animal's mitochondrial genome and then assessed the genetic diversity of ancient herds.

The sequencing of the human genome (ScienceNOW, 14 April 2003:) gave scientists major new insights into what makes us human: Although we share more than 98 % of our genetic code with the chimpanzee, natural selection has turned us into a very different animal than the chimps, from whom our hominid ancestors split evolutionarily some 6 million years ago (ScienceNOW, 31 August).

The branch uniting the fungi and animals is well - supported based on a number of molecular phylogenetic datasets, including the nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (Wainwright et al., 1993; Bruns et al. 1993), unique and shared sequence insertions in proteins such as elongation factor 1α (Baldauf and Palmer, 1993), entire mitochondrial genomes (Lang et al., 2002), and concatenated protein - coding genes (Steenkamp et al., 2006).

Genome sequencing and comparison of two nonhuman primate animal models, the cynomolgus and Chinese rhesus macaques Yan, G. G. Zhang, X. Fang, Y. Zhang et al. 2011.

«We can also use them to study inherited diseases and genetics, plus they were the first animal to have their genome sequenced by scientists, in 1998.»

With this SciLifeLab funding, we can employ cutting - edge DNA sequencing technologies to generate complete genomes of these animals and to elucidate genomic signatures that underlie key evolutionary innovations in animal diversity.

But in January 2016, Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, announced at the Plant and Animal Genomes XXIV conference that the whole genome of the extinct Dodo bird had been sequenced.

The human genome has also contributed to sequencing and even modifying the genomes of plants and animals humans rely on for food.

But low - coverage (5x) whole genome sequencing is a whole different animal.

Next - generation sequencing machines can now sequence an entire human genome in a few days, and this capability has inspired a flood of new projects aimed at sequencing the genomes of thousands of individual humans and a broad range of animal and plant species.

Any extinct animal related to these species can now have it's genome sequenced much easier than before.

Comparative analysis enabled by the sequencing of the sponge genome reveals genomic events linked to the origin and early evolution of animals, including the appearance, expansion and diversification of pan-metazoan transcription factor, signalling pathway and structural genes.

Although the diversity of sponges and their uncertain phylogeny make it doubtful that any single species can reveal the intricacies of early animal evolution, comparison of the A. queenslandica draft genome with sequences from other species can provide a conservative estimate of the genome of the common ancestor of all animals and the timing and nature of the genomic events that led to the origin and early evolution of animal lineages.

The rapid expansion in newly sequenced genomes provides opportunities to identify additional examples of LGT events between bacteria and animals.

Here we present the draft genome sequence of Amphimedon queenslandica, a demosponge from the Great Barrier Reef, and show that it is remarkably similar to other animal genomes in content, structure and organization.

Over the next three years, the five centers in NHGRI 19s Large - Scale Sequencing Research Network will use high - throughput, robotic technologies to sequence a strategic set of animal genomes totaling as much as 54 billion base pairs, or the equivalent of 18 human genomes.

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Genome sequencing has helped scientists understand pets such as dogs and cats; agricultural animals like cows and pigs; crop plants such as rice, corn, barley; and a host of other living things.

«Society stands on the precipice of change, as the ability to sequence and study the genomes of humans and animals is dramatically altering how scientists and doctors study and treat disease and disorders,» says Dr. Ganzert.

The tardigrade genome has been sequenced, and it has the most foreign DNA of any animal.

A new plan to sequence all Earth's animals and plants could lead to medical and material advances that dwarf even what the Human Genome Project has achieved