New methods identify thousands of new DNA sequences missing from the human genome reference map
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
New approaches enabled researchers to discover 2,363 new DNA sequences on the human genome. The sequences represent areas not charted in the human genome reference map. The extent of human genetic variation suggested to the scientist that there must be portions of the human genome where DNA sequences had yet to be discovered, annotated and characterized.