Decoded Sea Urchin Genome Shows Surprising Relationship To Humans
The Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Project (SUGSP) Consortium, led by the
Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM-HGSC) in
Houston, announced today the decoding and analysis of the genome sequence of
the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.
The results are presented in the Nov. 10 issue of the journal Science, and
41 companion manuscripts describing further detailed analyses are contained
in that journal and in a special issue of the journal Developmental Biology,
appearing on Dec.1, 2006.
The genome of a male California purple sea urchin was sequenced, which
contained more than 814 million DNA "letters," spelling out 23,300 genes.
Nearly 10,000 of the genes were scrutinized by an international consortium
of 240 scientists from more than 70 institutions in 11 countries. The
sequence covers more than 90 percent of the genome.
Full story at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061109153835.htm
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