September 7, 2023 4:48 PM

Kochi: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute decodes entire genome of Indian oil sardine

In a major breakthrough in the country's marine fisheries research, a team of scientists from the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute in Kochi has decoded the entire genome of the Indian oil sardine (Sardinella Longiceps), a widely consumed fish species.   The decoded genome, which is 1.077 Gb in size, contains  46,316 protein-coding genes. The decoding was achieved through the Next Generation Sequencing technology by a group of researchers led by Principal Scientist Dr ...