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The genetic timeline lesson plan gives students an historical perspective of the discoveries that led to our present understanding of the human genome.
… scientific process of using supporting evidence from one discovery to verify findings of another. Relate the …
Outreach
National DNA Day commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953.
… the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. … completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. The National Human … the completion of the human genome project in 2003 and the discovery of the double helix in 1953. DNA Day’s mission …
News Release
NIH will award $38.5 million over five years to the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project, which aims to build a widely available resource of human developmental gene expression in a multitude of tissues for use in basic and clinical research.
… The project will increase our understanding of how gene expression is regulated over time. … of high-quality tissue samples and information on gene expression — important resources that scientists needed … It also established a resource for researchers to explore gene expression in many different tissues to understand the …
Educational Resources
A complex disease is caused by the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors.
… Genes, Cancer, Heart Disease, Gene-environment Interactions … that is more directly caused by mutations in a single gene. Common examples of complex genetic diseases include …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have discovered clues to the possible cause of recurring, non-contagious fevers and sores that affect only children. Several genes have been implicated with the syndrome, known as PFAPA syndrome (Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Adenitis), which could lead to new treatments.
… that the syndrome is caused by mutations in a single gene, they considered the possibility that multiple genes are … symptom – canker sores. The group looked into whether the gene variants known to be associated with those diseases were … and canker sores. The strongest association was with the gene IL12A , which encodes an inflammation-related protein …
Fact Sheets
A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell.
… A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell. … words, copied - into RNA ( ribonucleic acid ) . These gene readouts are called transcripts, and a transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell. There are various kinds of …
Research Funding
​The Undiagnosed Diseases Network accelerates discovery and innovation in how we diagnose and treat patients with previously undiagnosed diseases.
… and self-sustained network that fosters scientific discovery and provides expert diagnostic services for … ​The Undiagnosed Diseases Network accelerates discovery and innovation in how we diagnose and treat … ​The Undiagnosed Diseases Network accelerates discovery and innovation in how we diagnose and treat …
Staff
Dr. Elise Feingold was a scientific program manager in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences.
… (then NCHGR) in 1992 as a program director focused on gene discovery, gene expression and functional genomics. Since 2019, Dr. … EA, Good PJ et al. The completion of the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res , 19(12):2324-33. doi: … EA, Shenmen CM, Grouse LH, Schuler G et al. (Mammalian Gene Collection Project). The status, quality, and expansion …
Educational Resources
Codominance is a relationship between two versions of a gene.
… Codominance is a relationship between two versions of a gene. … of inheritance in which two versions (alleles) of the same gene are expressed separately to yield different traits in an … Codominance is a relationship between two versions of a gene. …
Educational Resources
Transcription is the process of making an RNA copy of a gene sequence.
… Transcription is the process of making an RNA copy of a gene sequence. … Cell, Cytoplasm, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Gene, Gene Expression, Messenger RNA (mRNA), Nuclear Membrane, … to genomics, is the process of making an RNA copy of a gene’s DNA sequence. This copy, called messenger RNA (mRNA), …