Sequencing All Life On Earth – Facts and Figures
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Blog,
There are currently around 1.5 million catalogued eukaryote species on earth – that’s the known animals, plants, protozoa and…
There are currently around 1.5 million catalogued eukaryote species on earth – that’s the known animals, plants, protozoa and…
While gearing up for the Dryad member meeting (to be held virtually on 24 May – save the date!) and publication of our annual…
The animal kingdom is massive, but scientists know that they have only found a portion of its members. They are currently aware…
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This week’s SNPpets deliver a smörgåsbord of species genomes. Oh, and a huge tree of life. Human-centric stuff on cancer and…
Guru…
In what's being called the 'first real attempt to connect the dots and put it all together,' this open-access project aims to…
Inspired in part by the release of the draft tree of life (doi:10.1073/pnas.1423041112 by the Open Tree of Life, I've been…
This circular family tree of Earth’s lifeforms is considered a first draft of the 3.5-billion-year history of how life evolved…
Plants and…
An international team of scientists from eleven institutions in the U.S. has produced a first draft of the ‘tree of life’ for 2.3…
Most people are interested in exploring their own ancestry, but a group of scientists based let by phylogeneticist Karen…
This remarkable image greeted me when I opened my Twitter feed yesterday morning...
Humans, bacteria, daffodils: We’re a diverse bunch on the surface, but trace each and every Earthling back far enough, and you’ll…
Synthesis of Phylogeny and Taxonomy Into a Comprehensive Tree of Life. C. Hinchliff et al. PNASA first draft of the "tree of…
Large, open-access resource aims to be 'Wikipedia' for evolutionary history. A first draft of the "tree of life" for the…