Erich Jarvis

I kind of reluctantly accepted with the agreement with my colleagues in this global project that we're going to make it a mission to produce the highest quality genomic data possible before we embark on sequencing all of these species. They agreed, and that's how I got involved in genomics.

Yeah, we learned everything. the lessons then, you know, in those first few years that it can't just be about quantity. Otherwise the science is going to suffer. And so that delayed us by a number of years.

Yeah, we learned everything. the lessons then, you know, in those first few years that it can't just be about quantity. Otherwise the science is going to suffer. And so that delayed us by a number of years.

Yeah, we learned everything. the lessons then, you know, in those first few years that it can't just be about quantity. Otherwise the science is going to suffer. And so that delayed us by a number of years.

So I said, if we're going to put all this effort into trying to figure out how to produce high quality genomes of humans, of primates, of turtles, of birds, of fish, and they each have different kinds of requirements, let's just do them all.

So I said, if we're going to put all this effort into trying to figure out how to produce high quality genomes of humans, of primates, of turtles, of birds, of fish, and they each have different kinds of requirements, let's just do them all.

So I said, if we're going to put all this effort into trying to figure out how to produce high quality genomes of humans, of primates, of turtles, of birds, of fish, and they each have different kinds of requirements, let's just do them all.

Yeah, so platypus, they represent, they're not the placental mammals. They actually lay eggs, right? So they're at the branches, at the base of the mammalian family tree, and there are only a few species left in that lineage. And so having a platypus would help us understand the origin of mammals.

Yeah, so platypus, they represent, they're not the placental mammals. They actually lay eggs, right? So they're at the branches, at the base of the mammalian family tree, and there are only a few species left in that lineage. And so having a platypus would help us understand the origin of mammals.

Yeah, so platypus, they represent, they're not the placental mammals. They actually lay eggs, right? So they're at the branches, at the base of the mammalian family tree, and there are only a few species left in that lineage. And so having a platypus would help us understand the origin of mammals.

would help us understand the genetic differences between egg-laying mammals and in utero mammals, placental mammals.

would help us understand the genetic differences between egg-laying mammals and in utero mammals, placental mammals.

would help us understand the genetic differences between egg-laying mammals and in utero mammals, placental mammals.

Yeah, so my own research on vocal learning and language is, So the ability to imitate sounds, like what we're doing now, producing imitated sounds that we've learned throughout adulthood and childhood, that's pretty rare. And we have it, songbirds, parrots, hummingbirds, amongst birds have it, dolphins, seals, and bats, and amongst mammals, cetaceans.

Yeah, so my own research on vocal learning and language is, So the ability to imitate sounds, like what we're doing now, producing imitated sounds that we've learned throughout adulthood and childhood, that's pretty rare. And we have it, songbirds, parrots, hummingbirds, amongst birds have it, dolphins, seals, and bats, and amongst mammals, cetaceans.

Yeah, so my own research on vocal learning and language is, So the ability to imitate sounds, like what we're doing now, producing imitated sounds that we've learned throughout adulthood and childhood, that's pretty rare. And we have it, songbirds, parrots, hummingbirds, amongst birds have it, dolphins, seals, and bats, and amongst mammals, cetaceans.

Those are whales and dolphins, actually, and elephants. So it's a pretty rare trait. But all of us... that have this ability converged on a similar solution in the brain anatomy that we so far have been able to examine. And we've been looking to find if there's a similar genetic solution that's controlling that brain anatomy that allows us to produce spoken language.

Those are whales and dolphins, actually, and elephants. So it's a pretty rare trait. But all of us... that have this ability converged on a similar solution in the brain anatomy that we so far have been able to examine. And we've been looking to find if there's a similar genetic solution that's controlling that brain anatomy that allows us to produce spoken language.

Those are whales and dolphins, actually, and elephants. So it's a pretty rare trait. But all of us... that have this ability converged on a similar solution in the brain anatomy that we so far have been able to examine. And we've been looking to find if there's a similar genetic solution that's controlling that brain anatomy that allows us to produce spoken language.

And so in order to answer that question, in order to understand how it evolved, in order to understand is it working similarly or differently in all these different species, we need the genomes of all those different species. And that's how it impacts me personally.