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The First Echinoderm Genome Sequence

Caption: Photograph of Spawning S. purpuratus. This image relates to an article that appeared in the November 10, 2006, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. George Weinstock and members of The Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Consortium, was titled " The Genome of the Sea Urchin Strongylcentrotus purpuratus."

Credit: Photo provided by Charles Hollahan, via Science-AAAS.

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