FLICKR, GENE TOBIA
Species: Orchid (Phalaenopsis equestris)
Genome size: 1.2 billion base pairs (estimated)
A team led by investigators at the Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization in China published a genome sequence last month (November 24) for the tropical epiphytic orchid Phalaenopsis equestris—a species commonly used for breeding—that contains 29,431 predicted protein-coding genes. The sequence provides “fundamental knowledge for further research in orchid biology,” the researchers wrote in their Nature Genetics paper.
WIKIMEDIA, JACK HYNESSpecies: Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
Genome size: 3 billion base pairs (estimated)
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and their colleagues have sequenced and assembled the genome of a male golden snub-nosed monkey, which they compared with ...
