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- Title
Genetics: Decoding a national treasure.
- Authors
Worley, Kim C.; Gibbs, Richard A.
- Abstract
The article reports on the study which cites the application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) machine to assemble the high-quality de novo genome structure of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) at the Beijing Genomics Institute in China. It notes that the study offers leverage insights on basic biology and provides foundation for panda population genetics. It mentions that NGS genomes were produced by aligning the sequences to the human reference. It states that the novel genome assembly discovers the non-functional gene encoding of the panda's umami taste receptor for savoury food qualities. Moreover, the giant panda has few segmental duplications, however, it has high level of heterozygosity.
- Subjects
BEIJING (China); CHINA; GENOMES; GIANT panda; NUCLEOTIDE sequence; SEGMENTAL analysis technique (Biomechanics); GENETIC carriers; UMAMI (Taste); RESEARCH institutes
- Publication
Nature, 2010, Vol 463, Issue 7279, p303
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/463303a