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Joint Genome Institute announces 2009 genome sequencing targets: 44 projects, focus on bioenergy and environmental applications

Posted on July 03, 2008

In the continuing effort to tap the vast, unexplored reaches of the earth's microbial and plant domains for bioenergy and environmental applications, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has announced its latest portfolio of DNA sequencing projects that it will undertake in the coming year. The 44 projects, culled from nearly 150 international proposals received through the Community Sequencing Program (CSP), represent over 60 billion nucleotides of data to be generated through this biodiversity sampling campaign roughly the equivalent of 20 human genomes.From giant shipworms to the fo...

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