Africa: sequence 100,000 species to safeguard biodiversity
Build a major genomics resource on the continent to help breeders and conservationists. The red mangrove tree is indigenous to Africa and is being sequenced as part of the African BioGenome pilot project. Credit: Shane Gross/Nature Picture Library Sleeper fish (Bostrychus africanus) are a staple food in West Africa. Harvesting them provides an important source of income for hundreds…