Caulobacter ethensis - 2.0 : Computer-generated Genome of a Living Organism
All the genome sequences of organisms known throughout the world are stored in a database belonging to the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the United Stat...1852 days ago
Naegleria fowleri: brain eating amoebae
Naegleria fowleri is a free living, universally distributed amoeba, which is mostly found in natural, stagnant, warm water bodies such as ponds, lakes, etc. It is als...1661 days ago
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Complete genome sequence of Wuhan seafood market pneumonia virus is out !
Wuhan-Hu-1 claimed at least 40 lives and infected at least 1300 others in China. Cases are now being reported from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Vietn...1549 days ago
China’s BGI says it can sequence a genome for just $100
Using technology originally acquired in the US, the Chinese gene giant BGI Group says it will make genome sequencing cheaper than ever, breaking the $100 barrier for the f...1520 days ago
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Comparative Genomics Data Set Including 240 Mammals Released !
The genome of 130 mammals was sequenced by a large international consortium and the data was analyzed together with 110 existing genomes to allow scientists to identify th...1256 days ago
The new corona variant has 23 mutations in all, which is unusually huge !
The new SARS-CoV-2 version, B.1.1.7, which was first seen in the third week of September in Kent and Greater London, has since spread to other locations in the UK. Accordi...1222 days ago
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Cleaner BLAST Databases for More Accurate Results
Do you use BLAST to identify a sequence or the evolutionary scope of a gene? That can be challenging if contaminated and misclassified sequences are in the BLAST...5 days ago