Tree of Life
18 July 202515 min readFilled with colour-coding chromosomes and genome re-arrangements, learn more about some of our resident moths and butterflies that have been genome sequenced at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. With a bit of luck, you could identify these colourful creatures yourself next time you are out and about.
2 October 202414.7 min readCorals are bleaching at unprecedented rates due to human-induced climate change. Researchers studying the DNA of corals and the algae they live in symbiosis with aim to better understand how to protect them.
13 September 20249.3 min readTapping out the DNA code of the Deathwatch Beetle gives hope to future conservation research into battling this wood-munching marauder.
5 May 20248.6 min readC. elegans, a workhorse of modern biology, was the first multicellular organism to have its DNA code sequenced in 1998. But it is just one of potentially millions of nematode species. We explore the latest work to sequence the genomes of hundreds of nematodes and put C. elegans in its evolutionary context.
21 September 20239.8 min readWith adult Pine Hoverflies seen in Scotland for the first time in many years, top-quality genome sequences are now helping make a permanent success of saving arguably Britain’s most endangered insect.
14 September 20238.5 min readA thousand reference genomes of the highest quality have now been produced for diverse eukaryotic species across the tree of life.
3 August 20236.9 min readFrom sex-changing fish to asexual lizards, these and many more species will be captured in a new sex database made possible by the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s powerful genomic resources.
