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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. …
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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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 …
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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 …
Fact Sheets
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 …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 1, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green reflects on the last 30 years since the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… Thirty years ago, today, the Human Genome Project (HGP) officially launched. I was there on the … been awarded one of the first center grants for the Human Genome Project by the then-named National Center for Human … were not yet worrying about how we were actually going to sequence an entire human chromosome – that was a problem for …