Loblolly pine genome is largest ever sequenced: Seven times bigger than the human genome
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 12:31
in Biology & Nature
The massive genome of the loblolly pine -- around seven times bigger than the human genome -- is the largest genome sequenced to date and the most complete conifer genome sequence ever published. This achievement marks the first big test of a new analysis method that can speed up genome assembly by compressing the raw sequence data 100-fold.