MOTIVATION Ancestral genomes provide a better way to understand the structural evolution of genomes than the simple comparison of extant genomes. Most ancestral genome reconstruction methods rely on universal markers, that is, homologous families of DNA segments present in exactly one exemplar in every considered species. Complex histories of genes or other markers, undergoing duplications and ...

Mitochondria, besides their central role in energy metabolism, have recently been found to be involved in a number of basic processes of cell life and to contribute to the pathogenesis of many degenerative diseases. All functions of mitochondria depend on the interaction of nuclear and organellar genomes. Mitochondrial genomes have been extensively sequenced and analysed and the data collected ...

Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have put ubiquitous availability of fully sequenced human genomes within reach. It is no longer hard to imagine the day when everyone will have the means to obtain and store one’s own DNA sequence. Widespread and affordable availability of fully sequenced genomes immediately opens up important opportunities in a number of health-related fields. In ...

In this work, a strain named YPW1 was isolated from the sediments of an artificial mangrove in Yanpu harbor, China. A complete genome sequenced and assembled. The 16S rRNA gene assigned into genus Microbulbifer, maximum values average nucleotide identity digital DNA–DNA hybridization ZHDP1 were 90.36 68.1, respectively, indicating that potential new species Microbulbifer. total 10 representativ...