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.
HGP NIH in Party Mode: Complete Sequence, DNA's 50th Reasons to Celebrate
June 2003
Maynard Olson pronounced it “one of the extraordinary successes of science policy” — and on April 14, the day the human genome sequence was officially declared complete, everyone seemed willing to agree that the Human Genome Project had indeed been a triumph. At the two-day symposium “From Double Helix to Human Sequence — and Beyond,” scientists who have been involved in this project for as many as 15 years…
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