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Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2005;294:418.

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The National Human Genome Research Institute has announced that it will sequence the genomes of 13 more organisms as part of its ongoing effort to obtain genomic information from a wide array of species (http://www.genome.gov/10002154).

The National Human Genome Research Institute plans to sequence the genome of the bushbaby and 12 other organisms. (Photo credit: David Haring/Duke University Primate Center)

The genomes of nine mammals will be sequenced: a common member of the squirrel family called the 13-lined ground squirrel, the megabat, microbat, tree shrew, bushbaby, hyrax, pangolin, sloth, and Northern white-cheeked gibbon. The genomes of four nonmammalian organisms will also be sequenced: the M and S strains of a malaria-carrying mosquito, a roundworm, and the zebra finch.

Each organism has unique properties that may aid researchers in gaining insights into human health. For example, the gibbon genome’s many chromosomal rearrangements may help scientists study . . . [Full Text of this Article]