Biodiversity
In nature the non-human primates are our closest relatives. By studying them we can know more about our origins and development. Specifically, the evolution of the Y chromosome is a key area of interest due to its implications for human health. Although the sex chromosomes of human and some gre...
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Community Impact
On June 6th, the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to China, Maja Stefanović, held a ceremony at the Serbian embassy in Beijing to confer the "Order of the Serbian Flag, First Class" upon the BGI Group. This esteemed honour was bestowed on behalf of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vuči...
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June 2, 2023, Shenzhen – The world’s largest ever study of primates has been published by a collaboration of scientists from multiple countries including China, the U.S., Denmark, Spain, Germany, the UK, Canada, Japan, and India. By carrying out comparative research on the genome data of 50 species ...
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Rice. A versatile cereal grain thrown at weddings for prosperity, put in salt-shakers to absorb moisture, an abrasive cleanser, and a staple food for half of the world’s population, with 90% of cultivation taking place in Asia.Archaeological findings in China show that rice cultivation dates ba...
Climate change and global warming have impacted agricultural productivity, leading to declining crop yields and escalating food prices worldwide. This has economic and social implications for governments, which has included societal unrest and famine in some instances.As a result, boosting the adapt...
What if the humble baobab tree, cocoa plant and cassava could help solve the world’s growing hunger problems? Globally, about 690 million people – or 8.9% of the world’s population – go to bed hungry. The majority of the world’s undernourished – 381 million – are found in Asia, and more than 25...
Shenzhen, March 22, 2022: In a world-first, scientists from BGI-Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a group of partners published a study in Nature, announcing the discovery of a transgene-free, rapid, and controllable method to convert pluripotent stem-cells into bona fide 8-cell totipotent ...
Genetic resources are a core biological resource. Obtaining clear genetic information can be of great significance for human health, society and economic development. The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) aims to sequence, catalog and characterize the genomes of all eukaryotic organisms on Earth over a ...
A latest study led by BGI-Research scientists revealed that the organs and systems in a human may have different ages and the 'clocks' within an individual's body vary widely based on factors including genetics and lifestyles.The study, published on March 8 in the journal Cell Repor...