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by Jonathan B Weitzman

RESEARCH ROUND-UP

Miniature genome

The short-lived chordate Oikopleura dioica has a small and compact genome.

Email: Jonathan B Weitzman - jonathanweitzman@hotmail.com
News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020103-02

Published

3 January 2002

The 'Year of the Genome' ended with the publication of a tiny genome, that of the marine chordate Oikopleura dioica. Oikopleura is a small pelagic chordate that measures just 5mm. It is easy to culture and has a short life cycle (2-4 days) and high female fecundity (around 300 oocytes). In 21 December Science, Hee-Chan Seo and colleagues reported the genome sequence of O. dioica (Science 2001, 294:2506).

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