The Brookhaven team has been studying a species of bacteria isolated from the roots of poplar trees. “Poplar is a model species for biofuel production, in part because of its ability to grow on marginal soils unsuitable for food crops,” said scientist Daniel (Niels) van der Lelie, who leads the research program. Previous studies by…
Frog genome project on QB3
When the Joint Genome Institute decided to sequence a frog genome, however, the Xenopus research community recommended X. tropicalis over X. laevis because tropicalis has half the genome size. While X. tropicalis is diploid, with two copies of each gene on 10 pairs of chromosomes, the X. laevis genome has undergone duplication and could have…
Frog genome project on UPI
Sater said the frog is extremely important for studies of embryonic development and the regulation of cell division since its genes are highly similar to those in mice and humans. Other similarities include the frog’s molecular communication pathways that serve as lines of communication between cells and are critical for the maintenance and differentiation of…
Frog genome project on 7th Space
“Sequencing and assembling a genome is basically science infrastructure – the equivalent of building roads and bridges – and once the infrastructure is in place, everyone can benefit,” Sater said. “This work is an enormous contribution to research now in progress throughout the world, and essentially every study that uses Xenopus as a research animal…
Eddy Rubin and Neanderthal genome on SF Chronicle
Edward M. “Eddy” Rubin, director of the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, called the major project “a terrific piece of work and a monumental endeavor,” The project’s scientists used tiny specks of powdered bone retrieved from three Neanderthal females who died in a Croatian cave more than 40,000 years ago to…
Frog genome project on Medical News Today
The findings published in Science are based on the DNA of a single African clawed frog whose DNA was broken down into small pieces that were replicated many, many times, then sent to laboratories around the world for analysis. The project sprang from a meeting of researchers in Walnut Creek, Calif., in 2002, when the…
Frog genome project on the Courier-Journal
The frog is cousin to the Western clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), which is often used to study embryo development and cell biology and having its genome will make sequencing laevis easier to do, said Harland. Because frogs are especially sensitive to minute amounts of chemical that mimic hormones and can disrupt their endocrine system,…
Frog genome project on MSNBC
“When you look at segments of the Xenopus genome, you literally are looking at structures that are 360 million years old and were part of the genome of the last common ancestor of all birds, frogs, dinosaurs and mammals that ever roamed the Earth,” said study leader Uffe Hellsten of the Department of Energy’s Joint…
Frog genome project on LiveScience
African clawed frogs have more in common with humans than you might think, according to their newly sequenced genome, which shows a surprising number of commonalities with the human genome. The frog in question is a slimy, rotund type scientifically named Xenopus tropicalis. This is the first time an amphibian genome has been sequenced, and…
Frog genome project on USA Today
Scientists have now done for frogs what they’ve already done for humans, honeybees, fruit flies, chickens, chimpanzees, rats and pufferfish – sequenced their genome. Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, are publishing the genome of the African clawed frog (Xenopus tropicalis) in Friday’s edition of the…