Aug 24, 2012 by News Staff

Scientists have sequenced the genome of one of the iconic Galapagos finches – the Medium Ground-finch. Galapagos Medium Ground-finch (© Petr Baum /...

Jul 20, 2012 by News Staff

After sequencing the complete genome of Leishmania donovani, a parasite causing one of the most important tropical diseases after malaria, a team of scientists...

Jul 20, 2012 by News Staff

An international consortium of plant scientists has completed the first sequencing of the banana genome. Bananas (Steve Hopson / www.stevehopson.com) The...

Jul 9, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of researchers led by Lanzhou University, China, has completed the genomic sequence of a female domestic yak. Yak near the sacred...

Jun 22, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A multinational team of researchers from the UK, Ethiopia, Pakistan and Italy has found that the genomes of some Ethiopian populations bear striking similarities...

Jun 14, 2012 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig has completed the genome...

Jun 13, 2012 by News Staff

An international consortium of universities and institutions has recently completed the first sequencing of the Asiatic pear genome. Asiatic pear, also...

May 31, 2012 by Natali Anderson

For the first time, the genomes of the domesticated tomato and its wild ancestor, Solanum pimpinellifolium, have been sequenced by the Tomato Genome Consortium,...

Sep 1, 2011 by Natali Anderson

The green anole lizard Anolis carolinensis, a native of the Southeastern United States, is the first nonbird species of reptile to have its genome sequenced...