Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

Plant reproduction is a cornerstone of our food system and ecological balance; however, it is a complex process. Plants have ...

New cost-effective genome assembly process Date: May 5, 2013 Source: DOE/Joint Genome Institute Summary: Genome assembly, the molecular equivalent of trying to put together a multi-million piece ...

Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

It has been three years since University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), researchers proved that long-read human genome assembly can be done, using a nanopore-based technology developed on campus.

A team of researchers from Denmark, Malaysia, France and the U.K. has conducted a genome assembly of the donkey to learn more about its evolutionary history. In their paper published on the open ...