Green Anole Collecting
This past Wednesday members of the SREL DNA lab, including myself, collected four Green Anoles (Anolis carolinensis). These anoles will be used to make BAC libraries as part of the Anolis genome project (PDF). We were lucky to enjoy some sunny 60 degree weather as a cold snap lifted. Additionally, we needed male anoles. Males have both sex chomosomes and will provide a more complete genetic map than female anoles. Again luck was on our side - all the anoles we caught were male. A truely fortuitous day.
so does that mean that the sequencing of the Anolis genome has yet to begin?
Words by pigman on February 9, 2007 at 9:06 pm | #
Pigman:
The Broad Institute has finished most, if not all, of the sequencing. A rough draft of the Anolis genome should be available by the end of the summer. However, the BAC libraries are not yet completed. They’ll be needed to map the genome to the appropriate chromosomes.
Words by ngcrawford on February 10, 2007 at 9:25 am | #