Saturday, August 22, 2015

Octopus genome sequenced

 
The first full genome sequence shows of that octopuses are totally different from all other animals – and their genome shows a striking level of complexity with 33,000 protein -coding genes identified, more than in a human.

Paper:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v524/n7564/full/nature14668.html

Article:http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2015/08/12/octopus-genome-sequenced/

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