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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. … DNA … of cloned segments of DNA across a genomic region, while a sequence contig provides the actual DNA sequence of a genomic region. … A contig is a series of …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
… 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 …
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An anticodon is a trinucleotide sequence complementary to that of a corresponding codon in a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence.
… Anticodon … An anticodon is a trinucleotide sequence complementary to that of a corresponding codon in a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence. … Codon, DNA, Transfer RNA, TRNA, Messenger RNA, MRNA, Complementary Sequence … A codon is a DNA or RNA sequence of three …
News Release
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 … in patient electronic health records, and along with genome-wide testing, explore the roles of variants in a …
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 … line programs that facilitate each step in the workflow of sequence discovery, curation, alignment, and phylogenetic …
News Release
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. … When Kelvin … is first isolated as multiple fragments and prepared for analysis. Then researchers determine the order of the four …
Staff
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 … word.  … An organism's complete set of DNA is called its genome. Virtually every single cell in the body contains a … in a row and billions of reads at a time. To assemble the sequence of all the bases in a large piece of DNA such as a …
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.
… Green, M.D., Ph.D. … 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 …