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Genetic Fingerprints Yield Insights Into Health Of Diverse Ecosystems
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Groundbreaking research led by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) demonstrates for the first time that the signatures of the genes alone in terrestrial and aquatic samples can accurately diagnose the health of the sampled environments.
The study, published in the April 22 edition of the journal Science, positions large-scale genome sequencing to accelerate advances in environmental sciences akin to the contributions DNA sequencing has made to biomedical sciences.
“These DNA sequence fingerprints can be used to provide highly accurate assessments of the vitality of extremely diverse environments,” said Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, Director of the DOE Office of Science, which supported the research. “These fingerprints can be used to reveal environments under stress as well as signal progress in remediating contaminated environments. This may well develop environmental ecology into a fully quantitative science.” ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050504103303.htm
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Groundbreaking research led by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) demonstrates for the first time that the signatures of the genes alone in terrestrial and aquatic samples can accurately diagnose the health of the sampled environments.
The study, published in the April 22 edition of the journal Science, positions large-scale genome sequencing to accelerate advances in environmental sciences akin to the contributions DNA sequencing has made to biomedical sciences.
“These DNA sequence fingerprints can be used to provide highly accurate assessments of the vitality of extremely diverse environments,” said Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, Director of the DOE Office of Science, which supported the research. “These fingerprints can be used to reveal environments under stress as well as signal progress in remediating contaminated environments. This may well develop environmental ecology into a fully quantitative science.” ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050504103303.htm