{"id":173645,"date":"2023-10-06T17:36:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T22:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/the-end-of-genes-routine-test-reveals-unique-divergence-in-genetic-code"},"modified":"2023-10-06T17:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T22:36:15","slug":"the-end-of-genes-routine-test-reveals-unique-divergence-in-genetic-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/the-end-of-genes-routine-test-reveals-unique-divergence-in-genetic-code","title":{"rendered":"The end of genes: Routine test reveals unique divergence in genetic code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-end-of-genes-routine-test-reveals-unique-divergence-in-genetic-code.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists testing a new method of sequencing single cells have unexpectedly changed our understanding of the rules of genetics.<\/p>\n<p>The genome of a protist has revealed a seemingly unique divergence in the DNA code signaling the end of a gene, suggesting the need for further research to better understand this group of diverse organisms.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jamie McGowan, a postdoctoral scientist at the Earlham Institute, analyzed the genome sequence of a microscopic organism\u2014a protist\u2014isolated from a freshwater pond at Oxford University Parks. The research was published in PLoS Genetics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists testing a new method of sequencing single cells have unexpectedly changed our understanding of the rules of genetics. The genome of a protist has revealed a seemingly unique divergence in the DNA code signaling the end of a gene, suggesting the need for further research to better understand this group of diverse organisms. Dr. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}