News tagged with genome sequence data

Singapore scientists design novel genome sequencing data compression method

Hitachi and Data Storage Institute (DSI), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) are devising a data compression technique to tackle the increasing volume of genome sequencing data ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Could a newly discovered viral genome change what we thought we knew about virus evolution?

A study published in BioMed Central's Biology Direct journal reports the existence of a previously undetected group of viruses and, more importantly, a new type of viral genome that could have huge implications for theori ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shared genes with Neanderthal relatives not unusual

During human evolution our ancestors mated with Neanderthals, but also with other related hominids. In this week's online edition of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), researchers from Uppsala Univer ...

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Fluid equilibrium in prehistoric organisms sheds light on a turning point in evolution

Maintaining fluid balance in the body is essential to survival, from the tiniest protozoa to the mightiest of mammals. By researching recent genomic data, Swiss researchers have found genetic evidence that links this intricate ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Little plant has big stories to tell

(PhysOrg.com) -- Understanding which genes control traits, like when a plant will flower, what soil type is best or its ability to persist in drought conditions provides insight into the ability of plants ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dissecting the genomes of crop plants to improve breeding potential

Scientists on the Norwich Research Park, working with colleagues in China, have developed new techniques that will aid the application of genomics to breeding the improved varieties of crop needed to ensure ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists sequence DNA of cancer-resistant rodent

Scientists at the University of Liverpool, in partnership with The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, have generated the first whole-genome sequencing data of the naked mole-rat, a rodent that is resistant to cancer and lives ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Life-history traits may affect DNA mutation rates in males more than in females

For the first time, scientists have used large-scale DNA sequencing data to investigate a long-standing evolutionary assumption: DNA mutation rates are influenced by a set of species-specific life-history ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New genetic study helps to solve Darwin's mystery about the ancient evolution of flowering plants

(PhysOrg.com) -- The evolution and diversification of the more than 300,000 living species of flowering plants may have been "jump started" much earlier than previously calculated, a new study indicates. According ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 10, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New technology reduces storage needs and costs for genomic data

A new computer data compression technique called Genomic SQueeZ (G-SQZ), developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), will allow genetic researchers and others to store, analyze and share massive volumes ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cell signaling classification system gives researchers new tool

Using ever-growing genome data, scientists with the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are tracing the evolution of the bacterial regulatory system that controls cellular ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New genetic analysis reveals principles of phenotypic expression

The Human Genome Project, along with numerous parallel efforts to solve the DNA sequences of hundreds of animal, plant, fungal, and microbe genomes in the last few decades, has produced enormous amounts of genetic data with ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Petascale computing tools could provide deeper insight into genomic evolution

Technological advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing have opened up the possibility of determining how living things are related by analyzing the ways in which their genes have been rearranged on chromosomes. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Standards for a New Genomic Era

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of geneticists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, together with a consortium of international researchers, has recently proposed a set of standards designed to elucidate the quality of publicly available ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TraDIS technique tackles typhoid

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers are able to look at the need for every gene in a bacterial cell in a single experiment. The new method will transform the study of gene activity and the search ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0