HIV genetics

Researchers have discovered a sequence that appears to have originated in ancient cats.

It was once suggested that HIV started in tigers or lions,then spread to monkeys,then humans.

Maize/sweetcorn genetics

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A draft of the maize genome has been published.

Maize was first domesticated about 9,000 tears ago

Genetics of lake malawi cichlids

The orange-blotch pattern of some cichlids is due to a mutation in the pax7 gene.

Shark genetics

Genetic analyses of Great white sharks in Australia and california has shown they are  distant cousins.

Dog genetics

Coat length,curls and texture in dogs is influenced by the FGF5,KRT71 and rspo2 genes.

A genetic study suggests that all small dogs, whether chihuahua or shih tzu have a  version of the IGF-1 gene similiar to that in middle eastern gray wolves,suggesting the origin of that gene is in the middle east.

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.