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Sponge genome project in PhysOrg

The study, published in Nature this week, illustrates how all contemporary animals, from sea sponges and corals to butterflies and humans, evolved from ancient and long-extinct ancestors – the very first multicellular animals. “This incredibly old ancestor possessed the same core building blocks for multicellular form and function that still sits at the heart of… [Read More]

Sponge genome project in New Scientist

Sponges are primitive creatures with a body plan unlike that of any other living organism. They are also our most distant animal cousins. Now that their genetic make-up has finally been sequenced, it could explain one of the greatest mysteries of evolution: how single-celled organisms in the primordial oceans evolved into complex multicellular animals with… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GenomeWeb

An international research group has published a draft genome of a Lovell peach variety of Prunus persica, researchers involved in the project said today. The International Peach Genome Initiative (IPGI) has released online a high-quality draft with assembled scaffolds covering nearly 99 percent of the peach genome, the researchers said. P. persica is considered one… [Read More]

Peach genome project on WSU Today Online

The International Peach Genome Initiative’s decision to release the genetic makeup of the peach ahead of publication in a scientific journal could have far-reaching implications for the future of peaches and related Rosaceae plants like almonds, blackberries, apples, cherries, plums, raspberries, roses, strawberries and trees such as poplar, citrus and chestnut. “Having access to even… [Read More]

Peach genome project on FreshPlaza

The peach genome should be useful to scientists working with a number of peach relatives whose genomes appear to be similar to that of the peach, according to Sosinski. “Some of these relatives, such as apple or plum, might be expected, but others, such as strawberries and raspberries, and trees, such as poplar and chestnut,… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GoUpstate.com

The tree’s DNA sequence was published worldwide Thursday. According to Clemson University, the project is the “culmination of an extensive research program pioneered at Clemson” under the leadership of Albert “Bert” Abbott, who holds the Robert and Lois Coker Trustees Chair in Molecular Genetics and is a professor in the genetics and biochemistry department. “The… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GEN

The peach genomics efforts of the Clemson research team and its international collaborators led the Joint Genome Institute, a federally funded sequencing facility, to underwrite the sequencing the genome of peach as one of the key plant species of interest worldwide. Clemson and Washington State University maintain the Genome Database for Rosaceae, which is a… [Read More]

Peach genome project on ScienceDaily

The tree’s DNA sequence is being published worldwide April 1, opening a new era in fruit-tree research that could have far-reaching implications for the future of peaches, as well as many other valuable plants. The research is available online at . This genome sequence is the culmination of an extensive research program pioneered at Clemson… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GDR

At the Plant and Animal Genome XV Meeting on 01/16/07, Jerry Tuskan from the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announced plans to sequence the peach genome. Since then, an international consortium (IPGI) coalesced to do the work cooperatively. This consortium, under the direction of Drs Bryon Sosinski, Ignazio Verde and Daniel Rokhsar, includes numerous researchers from… [Read More]

Brachypodium genome project on Farm Futures

USDA scientists and their colleagues at the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute say they have completed sequencing the genome of a kind of wild grass that will enable researchers to shed light on the genetics behind hardier varieties of wheat and improved varieties of biofuel crops. The grass, Brachypodium distachyon, can be used by… [Read More]