Zoonomia Consortium Unveils Mammal Genomes, Creates Evolutionary Timeline

Andy Fell — April 27, 2023 - 11:00am

Mammals are an extraordinarily diverse and successful group of animals, from the tiniest pygmy shrew to the mighty blue whale, and including, of course, ourselves. In a special issue of the journal Science published today (April 27), the Zoonomia Consortium shows how comparing the genomes of 240 modern mammals sheds light on mammalian evolution, with implications for conservation and understanding human and animal health.

Reconstruction of Ancient Chromosomes Offers Insight Into Mammalian Evolution

Andy Fell — June 21, 2017 - 11:50am

What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the chromosomes of the first placental mammal? What would it reveal about evolution and modern mammals, including humans?

In a study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have gone back in time, at least virtually, computationally recreating the chromosomes of the first eutherian mammal, the long-extinct, shrewlike ancestor of all placental mammals.

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Zoonomia Consortium Unveils Mammal Genomes, Creates Evolutionary Timeline

Reconstruction of Ancient Chromosomes Offers Insight Into Mammalian Evolution