Scientists Create Program That Finds Synteny Blocks in Different Animals (IMAGE)

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Scientists Create Program That Finds Synteny Blocks in Different Animals

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Scientists developed a software tool that makes it possible to quickly and efficiently find similar parts in the genomes of different animals, which is essential for understanding how closely related two species are, and how far they have evolved from their common ancestor. The research was published in Giga Science.

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Dmitry Lisovsky, ITMO.NEWS

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