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Genetics and Health

March 9th, 2008

Giant panda’s genome to be sequenced in a bid to conserve species

 
(Image courtesy of www.ustc.edu.cn) 
Latest news from the GenomeWeb:
“The Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen announced that it is launching an International Giant Panda Genome Project.
Scientists at BGI-Shenzhen plan to sequence a panda to be selected from the Chengdu and Wolong breeding centers using high-throughput sequencing technology. They hope to have a draft genome sequence assembled within six […]

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