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• Next-generation sequencing unravels hidden genomic complexity of the giant Mimivirus

  The giant virus Mimivirus, the genome of which is already the largest known for a virus, has proven to be even more complex following the first application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) to study the viral replication cycle. This is the main result reported in an article to be published in Geno more

• Third Torrado virus discovered in Guatemala

  Scientists of Plant Research International, part of Wageningen UR, have discovered the pathogen that causes the so-called ‘Chocolàte disease’. This is a third member of the new plant virus genus Torrado virus which is ravaging in tomato cultivation in Guatemala where it causes considerable economic more

• Andalusian scientists study plant compounds to unmask latent HIV virus

  Researchers from the University of Cadiz and the University of Cordoba study different plant substances to “awaken” the latent HIV-1 virus, immune to the current therapy, and to obtain more effective treatments in the future. The current antiretroviral therapy does not work on the virus in its late more

White papers Genus

• Metagenomics Analysis Using the Genome Sequencer FLX System
  

  The Genome Sequencer FLX System from 454 Life Sciences and Roche Applied Science is a versatile sequencing platform suitable for a wide range of applications, including de novo sequencing and assembly of genomic DNA, transcriptome sequencing, small RNA analysis, and amplicon sequencing. The Genome Sequencer FLX is built upon 454 Sequencing technology that enables long read lengths and very high single-read accuracy. One application in which the technology is accelerating the field's understanding is metagenomics. more

• Quantitative Detection of Legionella pneumophila in Water Samples: Assay Transfer to the LightCycler® 480 Real-Time PCR System
  

  An assay to detect and quantify Legionella spp. in water samples was successfully transferred from a capillary-based LightCycler® Instrument to the novel multiwell plate-based LightCycler® 480 System. A previously described protocol was easily adapted by modifying the fluorescent label of the detection probe to match the filter set of the LightCycler® 480 Instrument. While reproducibility and analytical sensitivity of the assay were found to be comparable on both systems, the novel plate-based instrument allowed for higher sample throughput and reduced assay time per sample. more

Publications Genus

• Gene Duplication Is Infrequent in the Recent Evolutionary History of RNA Viruses

  Gene duplication generates genetic novelty and redundancy and is a major mechanism of evolutionary change in bacteria and eukaryotes. To date, however, gene duplication has been reported only rarely in RNA viruses. Using a conservative BLAST approach we systematically screened for the presence of d more

• Interspecific Divergence of Transcription Networks along Lines of Genetic Variance in Drosophila: Dimensionality, Evolvability, and Constraint

  Change in gene expression is a major facilitator of phenotypic evolution. Understanding the evolutionary potential of gene expression requires taking into account complex systems of regulatory networks, the structure of which could potentially bias evolutionary trajectories. We analyzed the evoluti more

• Cloning and characterization of luciferase from a Fijian luminous click beetle

  Abstract Luminous click beetle is distributed almost exclusively in Central and South America with a single genus in Melanesia. Among these click beetles, the description of Melanesian species has been fragmentary, and its luciferase gene and phylogenetic relation to other click beetles still re more

Market studies Genus

• Brazil Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2012

  BMI View: The Brazilian pharmaceutical market is still our favourite regional market in Latin America despite the recent downgrade in our Risk/Reward Ratings. The government has increasingly invested in the healthcare sector and pharmaceutical industry to stimulate local production capacity, reduce more

• Genus plc (GNS) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Genus plc (Genus) is a global company engaged in the application of quantitative genetics and biotechnology to animal breeding in the bovine and porcine sectors. Its activities include supply of dairy and beef semen under ABS trademark; supply of pigs and semen under PIC trade mark; and provision of more

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