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.
TAIR Eyes Corporate Sponsorship Program as Other Model-Organism Databases Focus on Sustainability
While the Arabidopsis Information Resource is facing funding challenges, other major model organism databases appear to be on solid financial footing for now.
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Cycle Computing Aims to Make Cloud-Based Life Science Computing 'Just Like Using Gmail'
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Q&A: Indra Neil Sarkar Sees Many Roles for Biomedical Informaticians in Translational Medicine
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Open Bioinformatics Foundation Selected as Mentor Organization for Google Summer of Code
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Entest Turns to Bioinformatics to Discover Therapeutics, Biomarkers for Lung Disease
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CLC Bio assembler, EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database, Accelrys Discovery Studio 2.5.5, Reactome Knowledgebase, RefSeq 40
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Russ Altman, Alex Bateman, Don Gilbert, David Lipman, John Quackenbush, G.P.S. Raghava
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W3C Group Plans Ontology for Translational Medicine to Help Bridge Drug Discovery Phases
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Wash U to Use $14M ARRA Grant to Double Size, Capacity of Genomics Data Center
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March 12, 2010
