Asiatic lion : Genome sequencing

ENTIRE GENOME OF ASIATIC LION HAS BEEN SEQUENCED   For: Preliminary Topics covered: Asiatic lions, Study’s objectives and significance, Genome sequencing   News Flash For the first time, the entire genome of Asiatic lion, an endangered species, has been sequenced by scientists from CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. The population of the endangered Asiatic lion is very low— only 523 animals are present in the Gir forests. The genome is estimated to be…

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