Sequencing and Analysis of the Hydra Genome
Chapman, Kirkness et al., Nature
An international research collaboration reports their sequencing and analysis of the Hydra magnipapillata genome, and compare it to the genomes of several other organisms. "The Hydra genome has been shaped by bursts of transposable element expansion, horizontal gene transfer, trans-splicing, and simplification of gene structure and gene content that parallel simplification of the Hydra life cycle," the authors write. They team suggests that comparisons of the Hydra genome to the reported sequences of other animals have helped them to elucidate the evolution of several of the organism's characteristics.
New Ohio Law Allows State Universities to Obtain Ownership in Spinout Companies
September 02, 2009
The change is expected to help the state translate the approximately $1.5 billion in research generated annually at Ohio's public higher education institutions into goods and services and create jobs by "substantially increasing" the number of university startups in the state, an official said.
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