スミソニアン国立動物園さんのインスタグラム写真 - (スミソニアン国立動物園Instagram)「DNA is the ultimate library, and scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are cataloging it as diligently as any librarians. They, along with an international team of researchers, recently became the first to analyze and sequence the genome of the sable antelope. The scientists were able to sequence the genome by looking at DNA from eight different antelope. Six of them were from populations in human care and two were from the wild. The biggest effects from mapping the genome will be on breeding efforts in human care. The Sable Antelope Species Survival Plan (SSP) creates breeding recommendations for all of the eligible antelope living in zoos. In order to make the most informed recommendations, they look at a pedigree, or the record of ancestry for a particular animal. For the sable antelope, only about 27 percent of their pedigree is known with certainty. The completed genome is one of the key tools in filling in the remaining pedigree. By filling in the pedigree, the SSP can make their recommendations based on which antelope are the least genetically related to each other. Those matches would ensure that the sable antelope living in zoos and human care would not become inbred. #WeSaveSpecies #DNA #GenomeMapping #Genomics #Genome #SableAntelope」5月18日 23時00分