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Orchid species genome completed
     2014-November-26  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    Anna Zhao

    anna.whizh@yahoo.com

    SCIENTISTS from seven institutes in China and abroad have completed the world’s first whole genome sequencing of an endangered species of orchid in a historic research initiated by a Shenzhen institute.

    The work is expected to be put to bio-pharmaceutical use in two years. Medicines developed from knowledge about the genome of the orchid, phalaenopsis equestris, are expected to improve immunity and slow the aging process, among other efficacies.

    The research results of the whole genome sequencing of phalaenopsis equestris, an important parental species for orchid breeding, were published yesterday by Nature Genetics.

    Initiated by Shenzhen Orchid Conservation and Research Center under the National Orchid Conservation Center of China (NOCCC) in July 2009, the research project was a collaboration with six other institutes.

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    They include Shenzhen-based genome sequencing giant BGI, the Institute of Botany of Chinese Academy of Sciences and South China Agricultural University, Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University, Ghent University in Belgium, and National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

    The complete genome sequencing of phalaenopsis equestris will provide an important resource to explore orchid diversity and evolution at the genome level. It will also be a key resource for the development of new concepts and techniques in genetic engineering, such as molecular marker-assisted breeding and the production of transgenic plants, which are necessary to increase the efficiency of orchid breeding and aid orchid horticulture research.

    Sixty-seven orchid species can be found in Shenzhen, two of which are indigenous to the city.

    Professor Liu Zhongjian from Shenzhen Orchid Conservation and Research Center said that the research result would be applied to related fields in the biological chain, including biomedicine and cosmetics. He said that scientists have carried out experiments on mice with the findings and are applying for approval for clinical use.

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