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What is the tube anemone? Find out about the largest animal mitochondrial genome ever sequenced
Publicado em 12 junho 2019
Scientists have sequenced the largest animal mitochondrial genome, that of the tube anemone.
The tube anemone is found in the Atlantic from the coast of Patagonia in Argentina as far north as the East Coast of the US. Its mitochrondial genome has 80,923 base pairs, meaning it is the largest animal mitochondrial genome to be sequenced to date.
The shape of the mitogenomes in the two species of tube anemone were surprising. According to the researchers, despite the fact the gene sequences of [...]
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Urban pollution increases secondary organic aerosols in the Amazon rainforest
Publicado em 04 junho 2019An international research team has shown that urban pollution from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil massively increases the formation of secondary organic aerosols over the Amazon rainforest. The study, which is published in Nature Communications, showed that urban pollution increases the formation of secondary organic aerosols across the Amazon rainforest by an average of 200 percent, with spikes of up to 400 percent. The team said: “For the first time, we were able to [...]ver notícia