Sentences with phrase «international haplotype»
At least three major scientific efforts were conceived and initiated during Collins» tenure at NHGRI: the Human Genome Project (HGP), the International Haplotype Map Project (HapMap), and most recently, the 1,000 Genomes Project (TGP).
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His group developed sample and data tracking systems, automated sequence - assembly tools for the Human Genome Project and sequence variation analysis methods for the SNP Consortium Project and the International Haplotype Map Project.
To study natural selection, the team combed the International Haplotype Map for long stretches of DNA flanked by a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, or «snip»)-- that is, an altered base, or «letter,» in the genetic alphabet.
Not exact matches
Efforts include the National Institutes of Health Diabetes Genome Anatomy Project and another NIH - sponsored venture, the International HapMap Project, which is creating a map of regions in the human genome called haplotypes, where the underlying DNA influences common diseases like diabetes.
«For instance, the benefits of the new UK10K haplotype reference panel are already being realised in analyses of international consortia as well as the 0.5 M people UK BioBank study.»