New method of genome analysis developed: it explains the evolution of vertebrates

Comparative genomics uses genomic data to study the evolution of a species and determine

DNA sequence.This approach requires genome sequence alignment. This is necessary so that you can compare the corresponding positions in different genomes, but the more genomes, the more difficult it is. 

Researchers from the Institute of GenomicsThe University of California, Santa Cruz has developed a new alignment method that allows for new large-scale studies. Including making the largest genome alignment of more than 600 vertebrate genomes.

Thanks to the new method, it is possible to better and more accurately understand how different species are related to each other at the genetic level.

We literally line up DNA sequences to see the corresponding positions in each genome. By its individual elements, you can see in detail what has changed and what has remained the same.

Benedict Paten, associate professor of biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of two new papers

DNA sequences have been conserved over millions of years of evolution, allowing scientists to pinpoint genomic elements that control important functions across a wide range of species. 

Now scientists have to process the enormous amounts of information that they will receive based on various sequences of vertebrate genomes. 

Read also

The Doomsday glacier turned out to be more dangerous than scientists thought. We tell the main thing

NASA: Moon will reflect Earth's bright light in November

The newly discovered primate is already on the verge of extinction, although the species lives for a million years