Earth Biogenome Project: Sequencing the DNA of all known eyreitaviruses on Earth.

On May 30, advances in biotechnology have led to rapid advances in medicine, food, ecology and neuroscience over the past decade, SingularityHub reported.
with these advances, we have greater development goals: we have the ability to produce more food, which means that we may be able to further transform them to make them healthier;
one area of particularly rapid progress in these rapidly developing areas is genomics, and its ambitions are also growing rapidly.
The Earth Biogenome Project, which aims to sequence the DNA of all known eukaryotic organisms on Earth, is a shining example of a combination of technological advances and ambitions.
recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which provides the latest details on the project.
estimates that the project could take up to 10 years, cost $4.7 billion and require more than 200 petabytes of digital storage.
these statistics may sound huge, but they are actually insignificant compared to the history of genome sequencing.
for the benefit of the world, the project aims to sequence the DNA of all plant and animal species in the case of the Human Genome Project, a publicly funded project that aims to sequence the first complete human genome.
this work took more than a decade, starting in 1990 and not completing it until 2003, at a total cost of $2.7 billion (equivalent to $4.8 billion today).
now, the Earth Biogenome Project's goal is to use plummeting costs to sort, classify and analyze all known eyreitatokar genomes on Earth at roughly the same time and cost as they did 15 years ago.
"eukkaryotics" refers to all organisms except bacteria and paleobacteria, including all plants, animals, and single-celled organisms.
estimates are that there are between 10 and 15 million eyre species on Earth, from rhinos to chestnuts to fleas (and smaller organisms).
of the 2.3 million species we have recorded, we have sequenced fewer than 15,000 species.
impressive, when scientists are working on this project, you might think, what's the point? There are obvious benefits to studying the human genome, but what can we get from cracking the DNA of rhinos or fleas? The Earth Biogenome Project essentially allows scientists to study high-fidelity, digital genetic snapshots of known life on Earth. "The greatest legacy of the project will be the creation of a complete digital library of life that will guide the discovery of future generations," said Gene Robinson, professor of entomology and director of the Carl Woods Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois, one of the leaders of the
project.
"human genome project's return on investment is estimated at 141 to 1, which is only a financial benefit.
this project has greatly contributed to the development of parity genomics, as we know it today, in an area that promises to accelerate the detection of disease-causing gene mutations and help them diagnose and treat them.
new gene-editing tools, such as CRISPR, have emerged and may cure genetic diseases in the future.
If this rate of return were to apply to millions of species, the insights gained from it and the concrete benefits they would bring could be enormous.
, for example, genomic studies of crops have helped to produce new crops that grow faster, yield more, and become more resistant to pests and severe weather.
researchers may find new drugs, or find better ways to modify organisms used in manufacturing or energy.
they will be able to find complex discoveries, such as information on how and when species evolved, which have so far been buried in the depths of history.
in the process, they will create a digital gene pool of the world's species.
what other useful genes would lurk there to help inspire a new generation of synthetic biologists? Renowned physicist Dyson Dyson said in 2007: "In the future, designing the genome will be a private matter, a new art form as creative as painting or sculpture."
new creations rarely become masterpieces, but many bring joy to their creators and bring change to our animals and plants.
" Just over a decade later, his vision, like the science fiction of not so long ago, is coming to life.
Earth's Biogenome Project will place the genetic palette of Life on Earth on the fingertips of future synthetic biologists.
but it's not a complete plan.
many of the details of the project have yet to be refined, in addition to the funds.
one of the biggest questions is how scientists will complete the huge task of collecting complete DNA samples from all known species on Earth.
some museum specimens will be used so that DNA can produce high-quality genomes, but many species specimens may not have been preserved.
an important source of samples will be the Global Genomic biodiversity network. "Genomics can help scientists develop new drugs and renewable energy sources that feed a growing population, protect the environment, and support human survival and well-being," said
Robinson.
Earth's biogenome project will allow us to understand the history and diversity of life and help us better understand how to preserve it.
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