Scientists from 33 European countries join forces to generate reference genomes for the continent's rich biological diversity

19-Sep-2024 - The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) pilot project reports its success in uniting scientists from across Europe to produce high-quality reference genomes for 98 species. This marks a significant milestone in the quest to create a high-quality reference genome database for all European ...

Revealing the Genome of the Common Ancestor of All Mammals

Chromosomes stable over 300 million years

30-Sep-2022 - An international team has reconstructed the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of all mammals. The reconstructed ancestral genome could help in understanding the evolution of mammals and in conservation of modern animals. The earliest mammal ancestor likely looked like the fossil ...