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The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA sequence of a single person.
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A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results.
… is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results. The research suggests that newer, faster, "next-generation" DNA sequencing (NGS) methods are as accurate - and perhaps more accurate - than Sanger sequencing, a time-tested technique that is typically used to …
Talking Glossary
RNA-seq, short for RNA sequencing, is a method for sequencing an entire set of RNA molecules.
… RNA-seq (RNA Sequencing) … RNA-seq, short for RNA sequencing, is a method for sequencing an entire set of RNA molecules. … RNA-seq, short for RNA sequencing, is a method for sequencing an entire set of RNA molecules. This method … RNA-seq, short for RNA sequencing, is a method for sequencing an entire set of RNA …
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NHGRI awards $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, cheaper and more accurate.
… is surely not alone in his astonishment. The field of DNA sequencing is full of ideas that are just crazy enough to … $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, … in 2004 through the Genome Technology Program. "Direct RNA sequencing is one of the particularly exciting aspects of …
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Ten investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects at the NIH Clinical Center.
… Ten intramural investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects … NIH Clinical Center. Using CCGO funds, the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center will sequence the exomes of 1,000 NIH Clinical Center patients. Exome sequencing explores the 1-2 percent of the genome that codes …
Research at NHGRI
The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence.
… The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) , established in 1997, is a … (NIH) access to well established, high-throughput DNA sequencing, NISC works closely with NIH collaborators to … and more broadly across NIH, aims to advance genome sequencing and its many applications, with a goal not simply …
Educational Resources
X-linked, as related to genetics, refers to characteristics or traits that are influenced by genes on the X chromosome.
… or traits that are influenced by genes on the X chromosome. … Chromosome, Mutation, Sex Chromosome, Sex Linked, X Chromosome, Y Chromosome, Phenotype, Fragile X Syndrome, Trait … or traits that are influenced by genes on the X chromosome. Humans and most other mammals have two sex …
Talking Glossary
Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing).
… Next-Generation DNA Sequencing … Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the … (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing). … DNA sequencing establishes the order of the bases that make up …
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NIH lost a key member of its broader genomics team when Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the NISC sequencing group at NIH, retired on Dec. 31, 2015.
… 31 retirement of Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the sequencing group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) in Rockville, Maryland. … sequence reads for 76 researchers using the Sanger dideoxy sequencing method. That figure has spiked in the last six …
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A nucleus is a membrane-bound organelle that contains the cell's chromosomes.
… Chromosome, Cell, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) …