This list of "sequenced" eukaryotic genomes contains all the eukaryotes known to have publicly available complete

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and organelle

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s that have been sequenced, assembled, annotated and published; draft genomes are not included, nor are organelle-only sequences. DNA was first sequenced in 1977. The first free-living organism to have its genome completely sequenced was the bacterium ''

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'', in 1995. In 1996 ''

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'' (baker's yeast) was the first eukaryote genome sequence to be released and in 1998 the first genome sequence for a multicellular eukaryote, '' Caenorhabditis elegans'', was released.

Protists

Following are the nine earliest sequenced genomes of protists. For a more complete list, see the

List of sequenced protist genomes This list of sequenced protist genomes contains all the protist species known to have publicly available complete genome sequences that have been assembled, annotated and published; draft genomes are not included, nor are organelle only sequences. ...

Plants

Following are the five earliest sequenced genomes of plants. For a more complete list, see the

List of sequenced plant genomes This list of sequenced plant genomes contains plant species known to have publicly available complete genome sequences that have been assembled, annotated and published. Unassembled genomes are not included, nor are organelle only sequences. For al ...

Fungi

Following are the five earliest sequenced genomes of fungi. For a more complete list, see the

List of sequenced fungi genomes This list of sequenced fungi genomes contains all the fungal species known to have publicly available complete genome sequences that have been assembled, annotated and published; draft genomes are not included, nor are organelle only sequences. ...

Animals

Following are the five earliest sequenced genomes of animals. For a more complete list, see the

List of sequenced animal genomes This list of sequenced animal genomes contains animal species for which complete genome sequences have been assembled, annotated and published. Substantially complete draft genomes are included, but not partial genome sequences or organelle-only se ...

References

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External links

Diark - a resource for eukaryotic genome research

International Sequencing Consortium - Large-scale Sequencing Project Database

Ensembl
The

Ensembl Ensembl genome database project is a scientific project at the European Bioinformatics Institute, which provides a centralized resource for geneticists, molecular biologists and other researchers studying the genomes of our own species and other v ...