An international team of researchers has for the first time mapped the genome of the lemon-scented gum (Corymbia citriodora). Lemon-scented gum trees (Corymbia citriodora) at the Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens in Australia. Image credit: Bidgee / CC BY 3.0. The lemon-scented gum is a species of tall tree grown for …
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The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), a species of lungfish native to the Mary and Burnett River systems in south-eastern Queensland, has a genome size about 14 times larger than that of humans. The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) at the National Zoo Aquarium in Canberra, Australia. Image credit: Mitch Ames / …
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A multi-institutional team of researchers from China and the United States has sequenced the genome of the cultivated tea tree (Camellia sinensis). A tea tree plantation in Kerala, India. Image credit: Rajib Ghosh. Socially and habitually consumed by more than 3 billion people across 160 countries, tea is the world’s …
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A team of scientists from the University of Oregon and Texas AM University has sequenced and explored the genome of the gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli), a fish species abundant in seagrass beds of the Gulf of Mexico. The team published its results online Dec. 20 in the journal Genome Biology. …
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