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Frog genome project on 7th Space

“Sequencing and assembling a genome is basically science infrastructure – the equivalent of building roads and bridges – and once the infrastructure is in place, everyone can benefit,” Sater said. “This work is an enormous contribution to research now in progress throughout the world, and essentially every study that uses Xenopus as a research animal… [Read More]

Frog genome project on the Courier-Journal

The frog is cousin to the Western clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), which is often used to study embryo development and cell biology and having its genome will make sequencing laevis easier to do, said Harland.   Because frogs are especially sensitive to minute amounts of chemical that mimic hormones and can disrupt their endocrine system,… [Read More]

Frog genome project on MSNBC

“When you look at segments of the Xenopus genome, you literally are looking at structures that are 360 million years old and were part of the genome of the last common ancestor of all birds, frogs, dinosaurs and mammals that ever roamed the Earth,” said study leader Uffe Hellsten of the Department of Energy’s Joint… [Read More]

Frog genome project on LiveScience

African clawed frogs have more in common with humans than you might think, according to their newly sequenced genome, which shows a surprising number of commonalities with the human genome.  The frog in question is a slimy, rotund type scientifically named Xenopus tropicalis. This is the first time an amphibian genome has been sequenced, and… [Read More]

Frog genome project on ReptileChannel.com

The Western clawed frog’s (Xenopus tropicalis) genome has been sequenced, making it the first amphibian to be added to the list of sequenced organisms. Scientists from several institutions collaborated on the study, which was led by Uffe Hellsten of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and published in Science magazine.  The Western clawed frog… [Read More]

Frog genome project on Cal Academy of Sciences

Frogs. Just like us, only different. Last week, a team of scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and UC Berkeley published the first genome sequence of a frog, the western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis, in the journal Science. “A lot of furry animals have been sequenced, but far fewer other… [Read More]

Frog genome project on Yahoo!News

Scientists announced Thursday they had cracked the genetic code of an African clawed frog, the latest project aimed at understanding how genes work for potential applications in human health. The genome — or collection of genetic information — of Xenopus tropicalis, a frog living entirely in water in sub-Saharan Africa, was published in the April… [Read More]

Xenopus frog genome project on CBC

An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the western clawed frog, an important model animal in research on embryos and human genetic diseases. Although biologists have uncovered the DNA sequences of more than 175 organisms so far — from corn to the spotted green puffer fish — this is the first genome… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on UC Davis News Service

N. gruberi is harmless to humans, but it does have a relative called Naegleria fowlerii that lives in murky water and can — rarely — swim up your nose and eat your brain. Sequencing was carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek. The joint first authors on the… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on SpaceDaily

“In a sense, analyzing the Naegleria genome shows us what it would be like to be on this planet more than a billion years ago, and what kind of organisms were around then and what they might have looked like,” said Simon E. Prochnik, a JGI and UC Berkeley bioinformaticist and coauthor of the Cell… [Read More]