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.
Researchers Publish Data on Gene Variant Associated with Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease
January 06, 2010
In a recent issue of The Pharmacogenomics Journal, a team led by Allen Roses, director of Duke University's Deane Drug Discovery Institute, published data from two independent study populations linking longer lengths of a polymorphic poly-T variant, rs10524523, with a higher risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease. "This paper provides the data and the first opportunity for other research laboratories to test and validate the data," the study authors note.
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