Genome sequencing: and then there were six.
The genome of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has been sequenced, bringing the number of sequenced eukaryotic genomes to six. Analysis of the sequence predicts only 4824 protein coding genes, the smallest number yet recorded for a free-living eukaryote.
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Stuart A
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Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, EH9 3JR, Edinburgh, UK. s.a.mcneil@ed.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA