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Duck-Billed Platypus Genome Sequencing: Ornithorhynchus anatinusThe National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) currently supports a project aimed at producing a draft assembly of the genomic sequence of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. The genome will be sequenced to 6- to 8-fold sequence depth. The platypus sequencing project is being led by researchers at the Washington University (St. Louis) Genome Sequencing Center.
Additional ResourcesSequence and Assembly
ESTs
Last Updated: October 31, 2008 |
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