Scientists now have the ability to sequence complex genomes from multicellular organisms. Does the genome size correlate with the complexity of the organism? The answer is surprising.

“It’s surprising that there was such a large difference,” says James Cole, a molecular microbial ecologist at Michigan State University, who was not involved in the work. “It sends out a caution to ...

With little fanfare, the much-debated sequencing method known as whole-genome shotgun (WGS) has become a conventional way to sequence genomes. Two studies out this month help to confirm its importance ...