Science Highlights

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Ancient Cave Bear DNA Successfully Sequenced
Scientists have obtained informative DNA sequences from cave bear bones more than 40,000 years old.

Gene-Based Approach to Metagenomics Provides Environmental Fingerprints
Researchers from JGI, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, UC Berkeley, and Diversa Corporation have investigated a new gene-based approach to analyzing sequences from environmental samples--no assembly required.

Human Chromosome 16 Sequence Details Extensive Duplication
JGI researchers, in collaboration with scientists from six other institutions, have completed the sequencing and analysis of human chromosome 16.

Deletion of Noncoding DNA Suggests Some Sequences Disposable
Researchers from JGI and Berkeley Lab's Genomics Division have found that deleting large stretches of noncoding DNA can yield surprisingly healthy mice.

Human Chromosome 5: Few Genes, Many Repeats
A team of JGI collaborators from across the United States has announced the completion of the finished sequence for human chromosome 5.

Human Chromosome 19 Sequence Revealed
The finished sequence of human chromosome 19, the most gene dense of all human chromosomes, has been released by JGI and its collaborators.

Reconstructing the Iron Mountain Community
An EPA superfund site nasty enough to dissolve a shovel over night may get some help from new genomic research.