Urbanization shapes the demographic history of a native rodent (the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City
April 2016
Authors:
Stephen E. Harris, Alexander T. Xue, Diego Alvarado-Serrano, Joel T. Boehm, Tyler Joseph, Michael J. Hickerson, Jason Munshi-South
Info:
Researchers at the City University of New York studied populations of white-footed mice in New York City and surrounding areas, discovering that urbanization and climate change shaped population diversity and evolution of these animals. The team used ddRAD-seq with Pippin Prep for automated DNA size selection.
Citation:
Biology Letters
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0983
Patterns of genome-wide variation in Glossina fuscipes fuscipes tsetse flies from Uganda
April 2016
Authors:
Gloria-Soria A, Dunn WA, Telleria EL, Evans BR, Okedi L, Echodu R, Warren WC, Montague MJ, Aksoy S, Caccone A
Info:
Researchers used ddRAD-seq to develop a panel of SNPs for use in population genomics or genome-wide association studies for the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes, a vector for Human African Trypanosomiasis. They performed size selection with BluePippin prior to sequencing.
Citation:
G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics
doi:10.1534/g3.116.027235
Long-read sequence assembly of the gorilla genome
April 2016
Authors:
David Gordon, John Huddleston, Mark J. P. Chaisson, Christopher M. Hill, Zev N. Kronenberg, et al.
Info:
Scientists from the University of Washington and other institutions report a new gorilla genome assembly, which improves on the quality of previous assemblies by 150-fold by incorporating long-read sequencing. The team used BluePippin to remove smaller library fragments prior to sequencing on the PacBio system.
Citation:
Science 01 Apr 2016: Vol. 352, Issue 6281
DOI: 10.1126/science.aae0344
Multiplexed Sequence Encoding: A Framework for DNA Communication
April 2016
Authors:
Bijan Zakeri, Peter A. Carr, and Timothy K. Lu
Info:
MIT scientists present new methods to use synthetic DNA for communicating messages, including encoding and encrypting messages over several DNA fragments. BluePippin was used in sequencing the synthetic DNA.
Citation:
PLoS One
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152774
Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome
March 2016
Authors:
Clyde A. Hutchison III, Ray-Yuan Chuang, Vladimir N. Noskov, et al.
Info:
Scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute and other institutes systematically stripped out genes from the Mycoplasma mycoides genome until they were down to the 473 genes necessary for the organism’s survival. They used BluePippin with the PacBio RS II for de novo assembly of the artificial genome.
Citation:
Science 25 Mar 2016: Vol. 351, Issue 6280
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad6253