J. Craig Venter Institute researches study hydra genome  

Posted: 5:25 pm Tue, March 16, 2010
By Daily Record Staff

Researchers from the Rockville-based J. Craig Venter Institute, along with more than 70 researchers worldwide, have sequenced and analyzed the genome of Hydra magnipapillata, a freshwater member of the family of stinging animals that include jellyfish, sea anemones and corals. The study found hydra have about the same number of genes — about 24,000 — as ...