{"id":1192,"date":"2017-05-31T18:33:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T23:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2018-07-05T14:57:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T19:57:53","slug":"genome-map-hints-at-how-desert-tortoise-overcomes-natural-human-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1192","title":{"rendered":"Genome Map Hints at How Desert Tortoise Overcomes Natural, Human Dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/node\/482983\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/asunow.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/asu_news_gallery_image\/public\/tortoise15.jpg?itok=IWcgk4GA\" width=\"245\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Sandra Leander, Arizona State University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Researchers have finished the first full genome map of the threatened Mojave desert tortoise (<em>Gopherus agassizii<\/em>), also known as Agassiz\u2019s desert tortoise.<\/p>\n<p>They hope their findings will inform conservation efforts, improve understanding of its evolutionary past and potentially contribute \u00a0to \u00a0human medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Read\/listen to my full story at KJZZ\u2019s Arizona Science Desk:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/node\/482983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desert Tortoise Genome Reveals Genetic Keys to Surviving Harsh Conditions, Threats<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have finished the first full genome map of the threatened Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), also known as Agassiz\u2019s desert tortoise. They hope their findings will inform conservation efforts, improve understanding of its evolutionary past and potentially contribute \u00a0to \u00a0human medicine. Read\/listen to my full story at KJZZ\u2019s Arizona Science Desk: Desert Tortoise Genome &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1192\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Genome Map Hints at How Desert Tortoise Overcomes Natural, Human Dangers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,84,67,3,13],"tags":[1262,1258,644,17,1259,1260,25,68,83,1263,1261],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biochemistry","category-genetics","category-medicine","category-science","category-technology","tag-circadian-rhythm","tag-conservation","tag-dna","tag-environment","tag-evolution","tag-mojave","tag-nature","tag-pathology","tag-remote-sensing","tag-u-s-fish-and-wildife-service","tag-upper-respiratory-tract-disease"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions\/1195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}