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A contig is a series of overlapping DNA sequences used to make a map that reconstructs the original DNA sequence of a chromosome or a region of a chromosome.
… used to make a map that reconstructs the original DNA sequence of a chromosome or a region of a chromosome. … of cloned segments of DNA across a genomic region, while a sequence contig provides the actual DNA sequence of a genomic region. … used to make a map that reconstructs the original DNA sequence of a chromosome or a region of a chromosome. …
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An anticodon is a trinucleotide sequence complementary to that of a corresponding codon in a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence.
… An anticodon is a trinucleotide sequence complementary to that of a corresponding codon in a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence. … Transfer RNA, TRNA, Messenger RNA, MRNA, Complementary Sequence … A codon is a DNA or RNA sequence of three nucleotides (a trinucleotide) that forms a …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
… Did you know that just knowing the genome sequence of an organism only reveals part of the story - and … important to determine how that organism interprets its genome and uses that information to build and operate itself … Although it's appealing to think of the genome sequence as the "book of life" for an organism - one …
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NIH will support research that incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records.
… of Health will support research that incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records. The … into EMRs The grants, administered by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), represent the third phase … Marylyn Ritchie, Ph.D. The research team will combine DNA sequence information and health information in thousands of …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI researchers develop freely available software and analysis tools to help researchers around the world analyze and explore their genomic data.
… Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute have developed a number of software and analysis tools to help researchers around the world analyze … Complementary Pairs Stability Selection for Genome-Wide Association Studies (ComPaSS-GWAS) An ad-hoc …
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Small businesses with NHGRI grants were instrumental in contributing to the completion of the human genome sequence, redefining the future of genomics.
… in contributing to the completion of the human genome sequence, redefining the future of genomics. … grants provided by institutes such as the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), among others. Small … that errors could be introduced into the final assembled sequence. Second, when these short DNA sequences are put …
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Dr. Gerard Bouffard directs the Bioinformatics Group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… University, where he combined his interests in early genome sequencing of the Escherichia coli genome with the … restriction endonuclease mapping data with published DNA sequence fragments to target and close gaps in the genomic … NHGRI director, Dr. Bouffard performed data management and analysis for a YAC-based, STS content physical map of human …
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Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… skills to the genomics field in 1997, just as the Human Genome Project was scaling up. He has been involved in many … Project as well as numerous other genome projects. His Sequence Search and Alignment by Hashing Algorithm (SSAHA) … extensively with biomedical researchers, developing data analysis methods specifically tailored for each class of …
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Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each … An organism's complete set of DNA is called its genome. Virtually every single cell in the body contains a … billion DNA base pairs, or letters, that make up the human genome. With its four-letter language, DNA contains the …
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A team of NIH-funded researchers have generated the first complete chromosome sequences from non-human primates.
… Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and an author of the study. “Only the chimpanzee genome sequence was fairly complete before this, but even that still … in recent years due to new DNA sequencing technologies and analysis methods. These chromosome sequences add a …