New Organization Brings Together Top Researchers from Around the World to Sequence the Genomes of Invertebrates

FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.– December 13, 2013 –  Pop Quiz: what creatures make up more than 70% of the approximately 1.9 million described species on earth and have long served as model organisms in many areas of biology? If you guessed invertebrates, you’re right! To begin exploring this question, a new cooperative consortium called…

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