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As you celebrate Thanksgiving with your family this November, remember that this special day is also National Family Health History Day.
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Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition is going on tour after having completed a 14-month engagement at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
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Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a technique used to "amplify" small segments of DNA.
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Newborn screening tests use a dried blood sample collected during the first week after birth to measure the presence of disease biomarkers.
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A knockout mouse is a laboratory mouse in which researchers have inactivated an existing gene by replacing it or disrupting it with an artificial piece of DNA.
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Genome-wide association studies involve scanning markers across the genomes of many people to find genetic variations associated with a particular disease​.
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Genetic mapping offers evidence that a disease transmitted from parent to child is linked to one or more genes and clues about where a gene lies on a chromosome.
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) provides researchers with a way to visualize and map the genetic material in an individual's cell.
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Epigenomics is a field in which researchers chart the locations and understand the functions of all the chemical tags that mark the genome.