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  • Ralf Sommer and colleagues present a draft genome sequence of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus, a species that lives in association with beetles and shows a major expansion of protein-coding genes. Comparative analysis with the genomes of the ecologically distinct nematodes C. elegans and B. malayi suggests insights into the association between their genome structures and differing lifestyles.

    • Christoph Dieterich
    • Sandra W Clifton
    • Ralf J Sommer
    Research
    Nature Genetics
    Volume: 40, P: 1193-1198

  • Richard Wilson and colleagues report the genome sequence of Trichinella spiralis, a food-borne parasitic nematode that diverged early in the evolution of the phylum Nematoda. T. spiralis is the most common cause of human trichinellosis.

    • Makedonka Mitreva
    • Douglas P Jasmer
    • Richard K Wilson
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Genetics
    Volume: 43, P: 228-235

  • Platypuses are monotremes and combine aspects of both reptilian and mammalian behaviour. An international consortium reports the genome sequence and analysis of Ornithorhynchus anatinus and as expected, parts of the genome look more like mammals, whereas other parts more like reptiles or even chickens.

    • Wesley C. Warren
    • LaDeana W. Hillier
    • Richard K. Wilson
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature
    Volume: 453, P: 175-183

  • The genome of the southeast Asian orang-utan has been sequenced. The draft assembly of a Sumatran individual alongside sequence data from five Sumatran and five Bornean orang-utan genomes is presented. The resources and analyses described offer new opportunities in evolutionary genomics, insights into hominid biology, and an extensive database of variation for conservation efforts.

    • Devin P. Locke
    • LaDeana W. Hillier
    • Richard K. Wilson
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature
    Volume: 469, P: 529-533

  • The genome of the zebra finch — a songbird and a model for studying the vertebrate brain, behaviour and evolution — has been sequenced. Comparison with the chicken genome, the only other bird genome available, shows that genes that have neural function and are implicated in the cognitive processing of song have been evolving rapidly in the finch lineage. Moreover, vocal communication engages much of the transcriptome of the zebra finch brain.

    • Wesley C. Warren
    • David F. Clayton
    • Richard K. Wilson
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature
    Volume: 464, P: 757-762

  • Wesley Warren and colleagues report the whole-genome sequence of the platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus, providing the first genome of a poeciliid fish. They provide a resource for this model organism used to study traits including viviparity, complex behaviors, pigmentation and cancer, and their comparative analysis provides insights into evolutionary adaptations in natural teleost populations.

    • Manfred Schartl
    • Ronald B Walter
    • Wesley C Warren
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Genetics
    Volume: 45, P: 567-572