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Sequencing the DNA of all species of UK wildlife could generate up to £3 billion | Natural History Museum (www.nhm.ac.uk)

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A new report has found that the Darwin Tree of Life project, which aims to sequence the genomes of all complex life in the UK and Ireland, could generate billions of pounds for the global economy.

It is estimated that there are as many as 70,000 species of animals, fungi and plants in the UK. These range from the red squirrel and oak tree to the haircap moss and orange-clubbed sea slug.

The Darwin Tree of Life is an ambitious project to sequence the genomes of all these species. Over the last decade scientists have been going out into the field to collect new, high-quality samples of these animals and plants so that their DNA can be extracted and sequenced using modern techniques.

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