Sentences with phrase «entire sequencing of the human genome»

In June 2000 he and Craig Venter of the rival commercial project were able jointly to announce the entire sequencing of the human genome.

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The entire genome of the tiny nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans) also has been sequenced as a ta - ngen = tial study to the human genome project.

The human genome contains millions of sequences derived from so - called transposable elements, genetic units that «jump» around the entire genome.

Now Pääbo and his colleagues have devised a new method of genetic analysis that allowed them to reconstruct the entire Denisovan genome with nearly all of the genome sequenced approximately 30 times over akin to what we can do for modern humans.

If all this sounds wildly implausible, bear in mind that the idea of sequencing an entire human genome in days seemed nigh on impossible just a few years ago.

In order to locate all gene switches, the Freiburg research team used modern sequencing methods to examine the entire genome — DNA, epigenetic markers and RNA — during the development, maturation and disease of human cardiac muscle cells.

Powered by advances in sequencing technology, the field of ancient DNA has succeeded beyond all expectations, helping researchers to retrieve the entire genomes of Neandertals and other kinds of ancient humans and transforming the picture of human evolution.

His automated genome - sequencing machine is driving the price of mapping a person's entire genetic code down toward $ 1,000, almost unbelievably cheap considering that, less than a decade ago, the government - funded Human Genome Project spent roughly $ 3 billion to sequence a single ggenome - sequencing machine is driving the price of mapping a person's entire genetic code down toward $ 1,000, almost unbelievably cheap considering that, less than a decade ago, the government - funded Human Genome Project spent roughly $ 3 billion to sequence a single gGenome Project spent roughly $ 3 billion to sequence a single genomegenome.

The human genome contains about 3 billion base pairs, but only about 2 percent of these base pairs represent protein - coding genes, meaning that whole - exome sequencing measures the genetic alterations focused on a small but very important fraction of the genome (as opposed to techniques of whole genome sequencing, which measures every nucleotide across the entire genome, regardless of whether these genes are expressed or silent).

Chaput's method of studying such sequences on a genome - wide scale involves first generating a DNA library of the entire human genome.

WE»VE yet to finish sequencing the entire human genome, but a tiny, cheap scanner has helped us fill in a few of the remaining gaps.

Svante Pääbo Last year Pääbo announced a plan to sequence the entire Neanderthal genome by 2008 and compare our extinct relative's genes with the genes of chimpanzees and humans.

Just a year after the first individual human genomes were sequenced, an international team announced today that it will probe the entire genomes of about 1000 people.

Ending a long - standing mystery that once set the unidentified flying object community abuzz, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of a strange, 15 - centimeter - tall human skeleton and identified mutations that may be responsible for its odd appearance.

In order to locate all gene switches, the Freiburg research team used modern sequencing methods to examine the entire genome - DNA, epigenetic markers and RNA - during the development, maturation and disease of human cardiac muscle cells.

An assembly and annotation of the first draft sequence of the entire human genome that includes a comprehensive analysis of repeated DNA sequences.

With the effort to sequence the entire human genome speeding toward completion, some researchers are now focusing their energy on developing the next generation of tools that can be used to extract...

Many million different users consult these databases each year, seeking information on anything from DNA sequences, protein structures, gene expression profiles, human genetic polymorphism or even comparative analyses of entire genomes.

Interface of Genomics Research and Genomic Medicine Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies mean that it is now possible to conduct genomic analyses, including analysis of the entire genome of an individual human, that just a few years ago would have been too costly and slow.

More than 50 years have passed since Watson and Crick untangled the structure of DNA and five years have elapsed since scientists finished sequencing the entire human genome.

The project will sequence and analyse data of 10,000 new whole genomes across Europe in the next two years, further advancing the understanding of the human genome for the entire European population.

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was initiated in the 1990s with the goal of determining the sequence of the entire human geHuman Genome Project (HGP) was initiated in the 1990s with the goal of determining the sequence of the entire human gGenome Project (HGP) was initiated in the 1990s with the goal of determining the sequence of the entire human gehuman genomegenome.

Next - generation sequencing machines can now sequence an entire human genome in a few days, and this capability has inspired a flood of new projects aimed at sequencing the genomes of thousands of individual humans and a broad range of animal and plant species.