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.
Tim Hubbard On Sequence Databases, Ensembl, ENCODE, and More
Tim Hubbard is head of informatics and of human genome analysis at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. He is involved with the Ensembl project and the ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements project, and has roles in the Genome Reference Consortium and the International Cancer Genome Consortium. He recently spoke to In Sequence about where these projects are headed.
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