Zoonomia: Comparing genomes from 240 mammalian species (VIDEO)
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From the Zoonomia Project — the largest comparative genomics resource in the world — comes a package of papers that compare the genomes of 240 mammals. DNA samples were collected by more than 50 different institutions worldwide including the San Diego Wildlife Alliance, which provided many genomes from species that are threatened or endangered. The findings help illustrate how comparative genomics can not only shed light on how certain species achieve extraordinary feats, but also help scientists better understand the parts of our genome that are functional and how they might influence health and disease. In this feature video, Dr. Elinor Karlsson and Dr. Kerstin Lindblad-Toh describe the project and what they hope to learn.
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Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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This video may be used to accompany news coverage of the 2023 Zoonomia Project papers in Science.
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