XENOPUS
TROPICALIS GENOME PROJECT
In December 2001 the Joint Genome Institute
of the Department of Energy made the decision to sequence the Xenopus tropicalis
genome. The project will begin in
mid-2002 and it is anticipated that the first 2X coverage of the genome will
be available within a year! Details
of the project will be posted as they become available.
On
February 10, 2002 a White Paper on the X. Tropicalis genome project was submitted
to NIH. This proposal (link below) presents a justification
for the project, in response to a list of questions from the Genome Institute
at NIH, and describes in outline the plan from the Joint Genome Institute.
The request to NIH was submitted to augment the effort from JGI.
For questions regarding the genome
project, please contact Richard Harland (harland@socrates.berkeley.edu)
or Rob Grainger (grainger@virginia.edu)
XENOPUS
TROPICALIS BAC LIBRARY PROJECT
A large-insert X. tropicalis BAC library
is now under construction, following submission and review of a White Paper
to justify this effort (link below). For
questions regarding the BAC library, please contact Rob Grainger (grainger@virginia.edu).