NHGRI targets 12 more organisms for genome sequencing
...ally selected organisms, including the marmoset, a skate and several important insects, as part of its ongo...ogy, development or behavior. The organisms are: a skate (Raja erinacea); a sea slug (Aplysia californica); a disease-carrying insect (Rhodnius prolixus); a ......llular channels, or gates, spring into action when skate red blood cells become engorged with water. Vesicl... results are important for a few reasons. Because skate red blood cells closely resemble cells in the human kidney, the findings shed light on how these org...