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Sequencing The Cacao Genome To Safeguard Chocolate

During the past 15 years, the global cocoa industry has confronted a trio of devastating fungal diseases that cost growers an estimated $700 million in losses annually. Now scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Subtropical Horticultural Research Station (SHRS) in Miami, Fla., are developing productive cacao (Theobroma cacao) trees resistant to these diseases: witches' broom, frosty pod and black pod.

NY Lab Helps in Sequencing the Cacao Genome to Safeguard Chocolate

During the past 15 years, the global cocoa industry has confronted a trio of devastating fungal diseases that cost growers an estimated $700 million in losses annually. Now scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Subtropical Horticultural Research Station (SHRS) in Miami, Fla., are developing productive cacao (Theobroma cacao) trees resistant to these diseases: witches' broom, frosty pod and black pod.

Next Generation Sequencing for Life Science R&D: Advancing to the $1,000 Genome

This report examines the emerging, fast-growing worldwide market for next-generation genome sequencing systems and services. The makers of the new sequencing systems are competing in the race to drive down the cost of sequencing a human genome to $1,000 or less. At that cost, life scientists will be able sequence human genomes at the massive scale needed to better understand human variation and help open the gateway to personalized medicine.

Roche's 454 Sequencing System Used to Determine the Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome, Establishing When Humans and Neanderthals Diverged

BRANFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 8, 2008 - Researchers led by the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany have published the complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome sequence. The mitochondrial genome was generated using the 454 Sequencing technology to 35-fold redundancy, facilitating a detailed comparison against known human mitochondrial genomes and an analysis of recent human evolution. The study, entitled "A complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing" appears today in the journal Cell.

US Department Of Energy Joint Genome Institute Announces New Genome Sequencing Projects

Walnut Creek, CA - In the continuing effort to tap the vast, unexplored reaches of the earth's microbial and plant domains for bioenergy and environmental applications, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has announced its latest portfolio of DNA sequencing projects that it will undertake in the coming year. The 44 projects, culled from nearly 150 proposals received through the Community Sequencing Program (CSP), represent over 60 billion nucleotides of data to be generated through this biodiversity sampling campaign—roughly the equivalent of 20 human genomes.

Genome sequencing study reveals new genetic typhoid fever signatures

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Cocoa Genome To Be Sequenced: May Benefit Millions Of Farmers, Help Sustain World's Chocolate Supply

The United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Mars, Incorporated, and IBM intend to apply their scientific resources to sequence and analyze the entire cocoa genome. Sequencing the cocoa genome is a significant scientific step that may allow more directed breeding of cocoa plants and perhaps even enhance the quality of cocoa, the key ingredient in chocolate.

Me and my genome

BACK in 2002, before the $3 billion Human Genome Project was even complete, some biologists began to talk of sequencing the entire genome of any individual for just $1000. While DNA sequencing is getting ever cheaper and faster, we are not quite there yet: about a tenth of the human genome remains impossible to sequence with existing methods.

Max-Planck Institute publishes Neanderthal mitochondrial genome sequence

Singapore, August 12, 2008: Researchers led by the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany have published the complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome sequence. The mitochondrial genome was generated using the 454 Sequencing technology to 35-fold redundancy, facilitating a detailed comparison against known human mitochondrial genomes and an analysis of recent human evolution. The study, entitled “A complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing” appears in the journal Cell.

A Genome in Any Format

In a recent post, Andrew Yates asked, "How much data is a human genome?" He then did a little math to show that an uncompressed diploid human genome would easily fit on two music CDs, if stored as a text file. That got Genetic Future's Daniel MacArthur thinking. There are, he says, other formats that a human genome could be stored in, including as images from an Illumina machine. In that format, a genome with 30x coverage would take up about 28.80 terabytes. Also, if the sequence data is stored as a Sequence Read Format file, the storage space'll top out at 1.98 terabytes.

454 Sequencing System used to determine the complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome, establishing when Humans and Neanderthals diverged

454 Sequencing System used to determine the complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome, establishing when Humans and Neanderthals diverged

New genome sequencing projects announced

Washington -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute has announced its 2009 sequencing projects, including pine trees and duck weed.

New genome sequencing projects

In the continuing effort to tap the vast, unexplored reaches of the earth's microbial and plant domains for bioenergy and environmental applications, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has announced its latest portfolio of DNA sequencing projects that it will undertake in the coming year.

Roche's 454 Sequencing System Used to Determine the Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome, Establishing When Humans and Neanderthals Diverged

Roche's 454 Sequencing System Used to Determine the Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome, Establishing When Humans and Neanderthals Diverged

Roche's 454 Sequencing System Used to Determine the Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome, Establishing When Humans and Neanderthals Diverged

Roche's 454 Sequencing System Used to Determine the Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome, Establishing When Humans and Neanderthals Diverged

Roche's 454 Sequencing System Used to Determine the Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome, Establishing When Humans and Neanderthals Diverged

Roche's 454 Sequencing System Used to Determine the Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome, Establishing When Humans and Neanderthals Diverged

ICAR takes up buffalo genome sequencing project

New Delhi, Jul 4 : The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) has taken up a project for sequencing the buffalo genome in an effort to increase the productivity of the Indian livestock, which accounts for 18 per cent of world's livestock population.

Helicos and Uppsala University Collaborate to Study Genome Structure and Its Effects on Gene Expression Utilizing True Single Molecule Sequencing Technology

Helicos and Uppsala University Collaborate to Study Genome Structure and Its Effects on Gene Expression Utilizing True Single Molecule Sequencing Technology

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