Sandy Maliki (IMAGE)

University of New South Wales

Sandy Maliki

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This is Sandy Maliki, a pure desert dingo and winner of the World's Most Interesting Genome competition. The UNSW-led proposal to have Sandy's DNA decoded beat four other finalists for the Pacific Biosciences SMRT Grant, which provides cutting-edge sequencing of the complete genome of a particularly fascinating plant or animal.

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Barry Eggleton/Pure Dingo

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