The Genome 10K Project was established in 2009 by a consortium of biologists and
genome scientists determined to facilitate the sequencing and analysis of the complete …

The human genome project has been recently complemented by whole-genome
assessment sequence of 32 mammals and 24 nonmammalian vertebrate species suitable …

In less than 25 y, the field of animal genome science has transformed from a discipline
seeking its first glimpses into genome sequences across the Tree of Life to a global …

Rapidly improving sequencing technology coupled with computational developments in
sequence assembly are making reference-quality genome assembly economical. Hundreds …

Background The evolutionary relationships of modern birds are among the most challenging
to understand in systematic biology and have been debated for centuries. To address this …

The genomes of birds and nonavian reptiles (Reptilia) are critical for understanding genome
evolution in mammals and amniotes generally. Despite decades of study at the …

Background With more than 30,000 species, fish—including bony, jawless, and
cartilaginous fish—are the largest vertebrate group, and include some of the earliest …

Over 95% of all metazoan (animal) species comprise the “invertebrates,” but very few
genomes from these organisms have been sequenced. We have, therefore, formed a …

Most recent initiatives to sequence and assemble new species' genomes de novo fail to
achieve the ultimate endpoint to produce contigs, each representing one whole …

Globally, 15,521 animal species are listed as threatened by the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature, and of these less than 3% have genomic resources that can inform …