{"id":5120,"date":"2017-11-02T17:03:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T17:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=5120"},"modified":"2017-11-02T17:03:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T17:03:41","slug":"chinese-scientists-complete-genome-sequencing-coconut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/11\/02\/chinese-scientists-complete-genome-sequencing-coconut\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists complete genome sequencing for coconut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team of Chinese scientists announced on Thursday they had completed sequencing the genome of the coconut.<!--more-->The team from the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences sequenced and assembled the genome, laying solid foundations for further research of functional genes of the coconut and Palmae family, reports Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n<p>A genome is the full complement of an organism\u2019s DNA\u2014complex molecules that direct the formation and function of all living organisms. The size of an organism\u2019s genome is measured by the number of bases it contains\u2014base pairs being the building blocks of DNA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found 282 unique genome families in the coconut,\u201d said Yang Yaodong, a researcher with the academy. \u201cThe completion of the genome sequencing is like finishing drawing a map of coconut genes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the map, scientists will be able to bread more high-yield, drought-enduring and disease-resistant species, with a shorter breeding cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team began the genome sequencing project more than four years ago. The research paper was published in Giga Science journal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture courtesy: Alamy<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of Chinese scientists announced on Thursday they had completed sequencing the genome of the coconut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5122,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5120\/revisions\/5122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}