Kinetochores are large protein assemblies that connect chromosomes to microtubules of the
mitotic and meiotic spindles in order to distribute the replicated genome from a mother cell to …

Satellite DNA represents one of the most fascinating parts of the repetitive fraction of the
eukaryotic genome. Since the discovery of highly repetitive tandem DNA in the 1960s, a lot …

Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia,
such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding the nature of their …

INTRODUCTION The ruminants are one of the most successful mammalian lineages,
exhibiting extensive morphological and ecological diversity and containing several key …

The Ensembl gene annotation system has been used to annotate over 70 different
vertebrate species across a wide range of genome projects. Furthermore, it generates the …

Successful development of biological databases requires accommodation of the burgeoning
amounts of data from high-throughput genomics pipelines. As the volume of curated data in …

We present a protocol to prepare extracted DNA for sequencing on the Illumina sequencing
platform that has been optimized for ancient and degraded DNA. Our approach, the Santa …

The rich fossil record of equids has made them a model for evolutionary processes. Here we
present a 1.12-times coverage draft genome from a horse bone recovered from permafrost …

Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance
across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 …

Recent advances in genomic sequencing technology and computational assembly methods
have allowed scientists to improve reference genome assemblies in terms of contiguity and …