Unicorn to be sequenced with 30x coverage

Man, mouse, Methanopyrus… and still counting the nucleotides. The genomes of 960 species have been sequenced by the end of July (as you can see on the relevant NCBI web page).
Out of all reason, however, the genomes of some relevant species were so far ignored by the scientific community. Just think of Crisensus bavaricus, of […]


Spitting and popping genes

Did you ever toy with the idea of having your own DNA analysed? You didn’t? Well, 25-year-old reporter girl Boonsri Dickinson from the NYC-based Discover magazine did.
Dickinson spat and popped, then she sent, ugh!, saliva and cheek cells by mail and subsequently was disclosed frightening things.
DNA testing isn’t no more bloody expensive. There are a […]