The Western clawed frog’s (Xenopus tropicalis) genome has been sequenced, making it the first amphibian to be added to the list of sequenced organisms. Scientists from several institutions collaborated on the study, which was led by Uffe Hellsten of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and published in Science magazine. The Western clawed frog…
Frog genome project on Scientific American
Unless your father was a prince with a shady past, you probably haven’t thought much about how related you are to a frog lately. But it turns out that about 80 percent of the genes known to cause diseases in humans have counterparts in the genome of Xenopus tropicalis—the western clawed frog native to sub-Saharan…
Frog genome project on Cal Academy of Sciences
Frogs. Just like us, only different. Last week, a team of scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and UC Berkeley published the first genome sequence of a frog, the western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis, in the journal Science. “A lot of furry animals have been sequenced, but far fewer other…
Frog genome project on Yahoo!News
Scientists announced Thursday they had cracked the genetic code of an African clawed frog, the latest project aimed at understanding how genes work for potential applications in human health. The genome — or collection of genetic information — of Xenopus tropicalis, a frog living entirely in water in sub-Saharan Africa, was published in the April…
Frog genome on Yahoo!News
Scientists announced Thursday they had cracked the genetic code of an African clawed frog, the latest project aimed at understanding how genes work for potential applications in human health. The genome — or collection of genetic information — of Xenopus tropicalis, a frog living entirely in water in sub-Saharan Africa, was published in the April…
Xenopus frog genome project on CBC
An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the western clawed frog, an important model animal in research on embryos and human genetic diseases. Although biologists have uncovered the DNA sequences of more than 175 organisms so far — from corn to the spotted green puffer fish — this is the first genome…
Sulcia single-cell genome project in GenomeWeb
In PLoS One this week, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute and the University of Arizona report the completed sequence of Candidatus Sulcia meulleri, obtained from an uncultured single cell. Read more on GenomeWeb.
JGI/NERSC consolidation on GenomeWeb
The Joint Genome Institute says the torrent of sequencing data it has generated, and plans to generate this year, explains its decision to consolidate its high-performance scientific computing operations into the US Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computer Center (NERSC). JGI has agreed to transfer to NERSC six Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory employees…
Volvox algae and sex evolution on Newswise
“We found that the Volvox mating locus is about five times bigger than that of Chlamydomonas,” says postdoctoral researcher and co-first author Patrick Ferris, Ph.D. “We wanted to understand the evolutionary basis of this. How did it happen? And where did these new genes come from?” To trace the origin of the added genes, the…
Volvox algae and sex evolution on ScienceDaily
Although the genomes of Chlamydomonas and Volvox are similar in most ways, there is one glaring exception that provided the Salk researchers with an entrée into the origin of male and female sexes-the so-called mating locus that functions in much the same way as human X and Y chromosomes to determine gender. When Umen and…