Sequencing the mitochondrial genomes of these 39 remains revealed dynamic changes in DNA patterns over time.
Researchers analyzed the genomes of leprosy-causing bacteria collected from seven patients and one armadillo.
In practice a lot of what emerges are fragments of genomes, rather than complete assemblies.
The longer-run might be that genomes could be designed, but achieving that is some way off.
"If the mouse and human genomes were so similar, we would be mice, " says Shoemaker.
They aligned sections of the human and chimpanzee genomes and identified how much they diverged.
Different species (humans versus apes) have similar genomes but obviously quite different appearances and behavior.
That means people are able to sniff out suitable MHC genomes in prospective partners.
He reckons that few other genomes are of sufficient importance to merit such an arrangement.
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To investigate, scientists sequenced the genomes of 800 malaria-causing parasites (Plasmodium falciparum) collected from around the world.
The decision by Judge Alan Lourie reveals an astounding lack of understanding of DNA, genes, and genomes.
According to Rob Holt, head of sequencing at the Canadian centre, the two genomes are almost identical.
The greatest concern however relates to the known ability of retroviruses to package IAP sequences into their genomes.
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The first team to score their century of genomes at the new standards, price and speed will win the prize.
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Databases used in astronomy, genomes or output from the Hadron collider make financial databases look tiny, he added.
The subsequent mapping of the genomes of many nasty pathogens has opened up wholly new approaches to vaccine discovery.
Why bother deciphering new genomes from scratch if you can look for the 0.1% of DNA that is different?
Plant genomes, unreadable with many of the current machines, will be rendered clearly.
Bacterial genomes are much smaller than those of people (Haemophilus's has 1.8m bases).
They do it by infecting them with retroviruses that have had the four relevant genes spliced into their genomes.
There they sequenced the very first genomes, of two different bacteria, in 1995.
There are thousands more genomes coming, with the potential to change the world.
The results of large-scale DNA sequencing studies of cancer genomes are very clear.
Dr Kono's team overcame the problem of differently imprinted genomes by acquiring a second genome from a young egg.
Half these genomes will be Chinese, but the institute's researchers intend to sample the full geographical range of humanity.
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Clifford Reid, chief executive of Complete Genomics, which has finished 50 genomes, is skeptical that it will be that easy.
Why bother deciphering new genomes from scratch if you can just look for the 0.1% of DNA that is different?
Dow Agro biologists have already accurately inserted genetic material into specific locations in maize and rapeseed genomes using Sangamo's technology.
Bacterial genomes are small fry compared with those of eukaryotes such as C. elegans: some 4m-5m bases long at most.
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Japanese researchers have published the completed genomes of two antibiotic resistant strains of one of the world's most dangerous bacteria.
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