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Originally published by University of Nottingham, on November 8, 2023 Saccharomyces cerevisiae, SEM image. Credit: Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy/CC BY-SA 3.0 A UK-based team of Scientists, led by experts from the University of Nottingham and Imperial College London , have completed construction of a synthetic chromosome as part of a major international project to build the world's first synthetic yeast genome . The work, which is published in Cell Genomics , represents completion of one of the 16 chromosomes of the yeast genome by the UK team, which is part of the biggest project ever in synthetic biology ; the international synthetic yeast genome collaboration. The collaboration , known as " Sc2.0 " has been a 15-year project involving teams from around the world (UK, US, China, Singapore, UK, France and Australia), working together to make synthetic versions of all of yeast's chromosomes . Alongside this paper, another nine publications h...

  Originally published on EurekAkert! On July, 11, 2023 The study, led by researchers from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE, CSIC-UPF) , and the Museum of Natural Sciences in Barcelona , has succeeded in sequencing the complete genome of the Xerces Blue butterfly , the first butterfly to become extinct . Peer-Reviewed Publication: Spanish National Research Council ( CSIC ) Image of a female and a male Xerces Blues on Acmispon glaber or deerweed, the plant they ate. Credit: Credit to Martí Franch. The Xerces Blue butterfly ( Glaucopsyche xerces ) was native to the coastal dunes of San Francisco , in the United States. As the city grew, much of the butterfly’s habitat was destroyed and its population was relegated to Golden Gate National Park . Its wings were a deep iridescent blue, with characteristic white spots on the ventral side. The last surviving specimens of the species were found in 1941 , by entomologist W. Harry Lange. It is considered the fi...