This spectacular achievement will mark the first animal genome to be sequenced.

The sequencing of animal genomes has provided evidence to support this view.

He enlisted high quality scientists in the project, and specified that animal genomes were to be sequenced too so as to help interpret the human genome.

Of the only two other animal genomes sequenced so far, the roundworm has 19,000 genes and the fruit fly, also a standard laboratory organism, 13,000.

Similar enzymes are encoded in animal genomes, but their roles have not yet been described.

The SB system has been used to introduce genetic sequences into a wide variety of animal genomes.

The milestone achievement would mark the first animal genome to be sequenced.

This is important because it is the most reliable method of changing animal genomes.

Some specialized biological databases collect homologous sequences in animal genomes:

Textbooks have long estimated 100,000, a number that seemed perfectly appropriate even after the first two animal genomes were deciphered.