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…
Frog genome project on ReptileChannel.com
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…