Sequencing the white shark genome is cool, but for bigger insights we need libraries of genetic data
- Written by Gavin Naylor, Director, Florida Program for Shark Research, University of Florida
Of more than 500 species of sharks in the world's oceans, scientists have only sequenced a handful of genomes – most recently, white sharks.Terry Goss/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA
The headlines are eye-catching: Scientists have sequenced the genome of white sharks. Or the bamboo lemur, or the golden eagle. But why spend so much time and money figuring...