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genome projects: Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Prominent genome projects: Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus )

The Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus ) is an important model system in the study of marine and basic biology, particularly in developmental biology. The genome of a male California Sea Urchin was sequenced by a group of 240 researchers from more than 70 institutions using the Clone-Array Pooled Shotgun Sequencing (CAPSS). The draft genome was released in September, 2006 and published in Science (November, 2006).

Sea Urchin Genome Project:

• Baylor College of Medicine-Human Genome Sequencing Center
• California Institute of Technology