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

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 …

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 …

Large-scale public genomic sequencing efforts have provided a wealth of vertebrate
sequence data poised to provide insights into mammalian biology. These include deep …

Anear-complete sequence of the human genome is now available, and many efforts are
currently focused on the next logical biomedically relevant target—the mouse genome …

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 the past decade, conservation of genetic linkage groups has been shown in mammals
and used to great advantage, fueling significant exchanges of gene mapping and functional …

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 …

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