genome sequence

The near-complete genome of a recently extinct rodent elucidates the potential—and difficulties—of resurrecting species.

Whole genome sequences reveal multiple domestications of this agriculturally important tree and may hold the secrets to producing the sweet fruit year round.

The first reference-quality genome for this grass species could aid managers in understanding and eradicating this highly invasive plant.

A study probes how genetic duplications that can swell protein length influence human traits such as height and kidney function.

In a preprint, researchers fill in some of the holes left in the first draft of the human genetic code, published at the turn of the century.

The genome of Ulva mutabilis is the first of a green seaweed to be sequenced.

Researchers used the genome sequence of Artemisia annua to boost the plant’s production of artemisinin.

Researchers can now explain more than a quarter of the variability in human stature.

Reprogramming adult human cells into stem cells in vitro does not generate harmful mutations, scientists report.

The “Genes for Good” Facebook app and the Open Humans Network plan to recruit large numbers of volunteers for medical studies using social media.

Researchers have sequenced 360 varieties of the tomato plant to create a comprehensive map of the evolution of the fruit from its wild form to the modern varieties. 

What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes

Charting the progress of the various large-scale genome-sequencing projects as researchers working separately on their chosen species begin to pool analytical resources

Yet another genetic study of modern canines, both wild and domestic, supports the notion that humans domesticated dogs before growing crops.

A working group including members of the Lacks family approves the first projects to use the HeLa genome.

An NIH program will study the promises and pitfalls of sequencing newborns’ genomes.

Commercial tomatoes rarely have that fresh vine-ripened flavor that everyone loves, but the ideal recipe for tomato taste is now known. Will growers embrace the new cultivars?

Officials at the government agency hammer out an agreement with the Lacks family to provide restricted access to genomes of their relative’s unwittingly donated cells.