Tag Archive for 'Pleurodeles waltl'

Brown et al. present the chromosome-scale assembly of the 20.3 Gb genome of the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl), with a unprecedented contiguity and completeness among giant genomes. Image credit: Brown et al., doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2025.100761.

Biologists Sequence Iberian Ribbed Newt Genome at High Resolution

Jan 30, 2025 by Natali Anderson

Aquatic, tailed amphibians called newts have large genomes harboring many repeat elements. How these elements shape the genome and relate to newts’ unique...

Iberian ribbed newts (Pleurodeles waltl). Image credit: Peter Halasz / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Sequence Salamander Genome

Dec 22, 2017 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers led by Karolinska Institutet scientists has successfully sequenced and analyzed the genome of a species of salamander...