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Experimental design and population data. Credit: Carneiro et al., Science/AAAS DOI: 10.1126/science.1253714

How do animals become domesticated?

September 8, 2014July 2, 2018 Communications Team animals, behaviour, domestication, ebi, embl, encode, ensembl, evolution, rabbits min read

08.09.14 Rabbits provide an excellent model for studying the genetics of domestication. Bronwen Aken explains how changes in their genomes explain shifts in behaviour

How researchers cracked the secrets of the turtle’s shell and answered some of evolution’s most intriguing puzzles

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Cracking the secrets of the turtle’s shell

June 10, 2013July 2, 2018 Communications Team ensembl, evolution, genomes, softshell turtles, wellcome trust sanger institute min read

10.06.13: How researchers cracked the secrets of the turtle’s shell and answered some of evolution’s most intriguing puzzles

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Knowing zebrafish, knowing you – understanding zebrafish genomes, unlocking human health

August 13, 2012July 2, 2018 Communications Team annotation, ensembl, gene build, rna transcripts, RNA-seq, zebrafish genomes min read

30 Jul 2012: Understanding how the zebrafish genome works allows us to understand human health and disease