Speculating on the Significance of the Sponge Genome
05/08/10 14:42 Filed in: GenomeWeb Daily Scan
Submitted by S. Pelech - Kinexus on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 14:42.
During the Victorian era, much of biological science was cataloguing the diversity of life and naming the organisms so that everyone knew that they were describing the same creatures. The sequencing of genomes is really just a continuation and refinement of this endeavor. The nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism is its ultimate name, albeit rather long. Since the gene sequencing technology is becoming increasingly inexpensive, this activity will become rather commonplace. Personally, I am looking forward to the time soon when the genomic sequencing of yet another organism's genome is no longer news worthy, but instead we find out more about what's really interesting from this information.
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During the Victorian era, much of biological science was cataloguing the diversity of life and naming the organisms so that everyone knew that they were describing the same creatures. The sequencing of genomes is really just a continuation and refinement of this endeavor. The nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism is its ultimate name, albeit rather long. Since the gene sequencing technology is becoming increasingly inexpensive, this activity will become rather commonplace. Personally, I am looking forward to the time soon when the genomic sequencing of yet another organism's genome is no longer news worthy, but instead we find out more about what's really interesting from this information.
Link to the original blog post.