Pathogen that cause Irish potato famine genetically sequenced

Phytophthora infestans has genome estinated at 240 megabase.
Almost 18,000 genes were found.
They were lots of gypsy elements,1/3 of the genome assembly being such elements,one called `albatross' accounts for a lot of the genome
273 transpoons found

silkworm genetics

Researchers have sequenced the genomes of 40 types of silkworms,29 domesticated and 11 wild types of silk worms.

Genome size is 432mb

Researchers identified 16 million SNPs,as well as 354 genes possibly associated with domestication.