Research Paper: De-novo assembly of four rail (Aves: Rallidae) genomes: A resource for comparative genomics

Research Paper: De-novo assembly of four rail (Aves: Rallidae) genomes: A resource for comparative genomics

Last month, Julien Gaspar, Steve A. Trewick, and Gillian C. Gibb published the paper De-novo assembly of four rail (Aves: Rallidae) genomes: A resource for comparative genomics. It is open access for everyone to read. The publishing of this work is a milestone for the GFANZ cloud bioinformatics platform project. By using the GFANZ infrastructure,…

News Article: DNA analysis confirms species: Whale found at Te Kaha unusually ‘rare’
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News Article: DNA analysis confirms species: Whale found at Te Kaha unusually ‘rare’

“We had a kōrero about the rarity of Wharekura and about how us taking her to be studied benefits not only marine science and everybody in Aotearoa, but us as a people, too, so we can understand more about what’s happening here in our own water. Having a taonga like Wharekura washed up so young…

Indigenous nonhuman genomic data – Expert voices in the journal Science
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Indigenous nonhuman genomic data – Expert voices in the journal Science

Tahu Kukutai and Amanda Black argue that researchers must do much better in honoring the kaitiaki rights of Māori regarding the protection of indigenous nonhuman genomic data. Their work CARE-ing for Indigenous nonhuman genomic data — rethinking our approach was publish in the journal Science recently. This piece is well researched, clearly written, and a…