Biology:Earth BioGenome Project
| Earth BioGenome Project | |
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| Duration | November 1, 2018 – 2028 |
| Website | www |
The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is an initiative that aims to sequence and catalog the genomes of all of Earth's currently described eukaryotic species over a period of ten years.[1] The initiative would produce an open DNA database of biological information that provides a platform for scientific research and supports environmental and conservation initiatives.[2] A scientific paper presenting the vision for the project was published in PNAS in April 2018,[3] and the project officially launched November 1, 2018.[4]
The initiative was inspired by Human Genome Project, and emerged during November 2015 meeting between Harris Lewin (UCD), Gene E. Robinson (IGB) and W. John Kress (Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History).[3][5] In February 2017, at major conference on genomics and biodiversity organized by the Smithsonian Institution and BGI in Washington, D.C. was supported project's 10-year plan and organizational structure.[3]
Summary
The project is projected to cost US$4.7 billion.[1] It includes already ongoing projects such as i5K (insects),[6] B10K (birds), 10KP (plants),[7][8] and the Darwin Tree of Life, which aim to sequence the estimated 66,000 eukaryotic species in the United Kingdom.[1] The project is aiming to sequence and annotate the roughly 1.5 million known eukaryotic species in three phases, with first to create "annotated chromosome-scale reference assemblies for at least one representative species of each of the ~9,000 eukaryotic taxonomic families".[3][8]
See also
- Earth Microbiome Project
- 1000 Plant Genomes Project
- 100,000 Genomes Project
- Human Genome Project
- All Species Foundation
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wellcome Sanger Institute
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Life on Earth to have its DNA analysed in the name of conservation". Nature 563 (7730): 155–156. November 2018. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-07323-y. PMID 30401859.
- ↑ "Sequencing the world". The Economist. January 23, 2018. https://www.economist.com/news/21735546-how-map-dna-all-known-plants-and-animal-species-earth-sequencing.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115 (17): 4325–4333. April 2018. doi:10.1073/pnas.1720115115. PMID 29686065.
- ↑ "Scientists Launch Effort to Map DNA of Every Species". OZY. November 2, 2018. https://www.ozy.com/presidential-daily-brief/pdb-90376/the-coders-90386.
- ↑ Daley, Jason (5 November 2018). "Ambitious Project to Sequence Genomes of 1.5 Million Species Kicks Off". Smithsonian. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ambitious-project-sequence-genomes-15-million-species-kicks-180970697/.
- ↑ i5K Consortium (2013-09-01). "The i5K Initiative: advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment". The Journal of Heredity 104 (5): 595–600. doi:10.1093/jhered/est050. PMID 23940263.
- ↑ "10KP: A phylodiverse genome sequencing plan". GigaScience 7 (3): 1–9. March 2018. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giy013. PMID 29618049.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Exposito-Alonso, Moises; Drost, Hajk-Georg; Burbano, Hernán; Weigel, Detlef (2020-04-01). "The Earth BioGenome project: Opportunities and Challenges for Plant Genomics and Conservation" (in en). The Plant Journal 102 (2): 222–229. doi:10.1111/tpj.14631. PMID 31788877.
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