two more sets of genomes

Dear All
Please see these articles in 'Nature' this week:
Sowdhamini

--Biological Sciences
-The genomes of four tapeworm species reveal adaptations to parasitism
Existing treatments for tapeworms are not always reliable and some have 
adverse side effects, so new drugs are urgently needed. The publication 
of four tapeworm genome sequences — human-infective species Echinococcus 
multilocularis, E. granulosus, Taenia solium and the laboratory model 
Hymenolepis microstoma — and the identification of potential new drug 
targets for treating tapeworm infections is therefore a welcome 
development. More than a thousand E. multilocularis proteins emerge 
as potential targets, and of these, close to 200 may be targeted by 
existing pharmaceuticals.

 http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=91&ms=NDEyNjA5MjIS1&r=MjA1NzU2OTA0MAS2&b=2&j=MTgzNTM0MTg1S0&mt=1&rt=0 

** Draft genome of the wheat A-genome progenitor Triticum urartu 

Hong-Qing Ling, Shancen Zhao, Dongcheng Liu et al.
The genome sequence and its analysis of the diploid wild wheat 
Triticum urartu (progenitor of the wheat A genome) represent a tool 
for studying the complex, polyploid wheat genomes and should be a 
valuable resource for the genetic improvement of wheat.
 http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=106&ms=NDEyNjA5MjIS1&r=MjA1NzU2OTA0MAS2&b=2&j=MTgzNTM0MTg1S0&mt=1&rt=0


** Aegilops tauschii draft genome sequence reveals a gene repertoire for 
wheat adaptation
Jizeng Jia, Shancen Zhao, Xiuying Kong et al.
OPEN
Sequencing and analysing the diploid genome and transcriptome of 
Aegilops tauschii provide new insights into the role of this genome in 
enabling the adaptation of bread wheat and are a step towards 
understanding the very large and complicated hexaploid genomes of 
wheat species.
 http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=105&ms=NDEyNjA5MjIS1&r=MjA1NzU2OTA0MAS2&b=2&j=MTgzNTM0MTg1S0&mt=1&rt=0