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NSIGHT explores the implications, challenges and opportunities with the use of genomic sequence information in the newborn period.
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CSER is rapidly advancing the knowledge necessary to develop best practices for implementating genomic sequence data into clinical care.
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NIH researchers have developed and released an innovative software tool, called Verso, to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. The software makes the process of assembling complete genome sequences more affordable and accessible.
… opens the door for a greater number of complete genome sequences. … National Institutes of Health researchers have … tool to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. This software, called … Finnish, makes the process of assembling complete genome sequences more affordable and accessible. A description of …
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An anticodon is a trinucleotide sequence complementary to that of a corresponding codon in a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence.
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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.
… Contig … A contig is a series of overlapping DNA sequences used to make a map that reconstructs the original … of a chromosome or a region of a chromosome. … DNA Sequences, DNA Mapping, Chromosomes … A contig (as related to … from the word “contiguous”) is a set of DNA segments or sequences that overlap in a way that provides a contiguous …
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Jim Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics.
… of Sub-Saharan Africa have 1% to 3% Neanderthal-derived sequences in their genomes, and now we can point to where those sequences are in some of our genomes. … Rogers: What was it … point where we can generate telomere-to-telomere genome sequences for everybody. This would be a big change for the …
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Comparative genomics is a field of biological research in which researchers compare the complete genome sequences of different species.
… use a variety of tools to compare the complete genome sequences of different species. By carefully comparing … regions of similarity and difference. … Identifying DNA sequences that have been "conserved" - that is, preserved in … genes that code for different proteins and the regulatory sequences that turn those genes on and off. Precisely which …
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New grants totaling approximately $29.5 million will enable scientists to generate and maintain the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome.
… by helping them interpret both research and patient genome sequences,” said Adam Felsenfeld, Ph.D., NHGRI program … use the reference genome sequence to assemble genome sequences from individuals. By advancing the quality of the … state-of-the-art technologies to incorporate high-quality sequences that are more broadly representative. The amount of …
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Dr. Gerard Bouffard directs the Bioinformatics Group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… W., Green E.D. Comparative analyses of multi-species sequences from targeted genomic regions. Nature, … Context-dependent Mutation Rates Using Primate Genomic Sequences. J Mol Evol , 65(3):207-14. 2007. [ PubMed ] Grice … ED. Effort required to finish shotgun-generated genome sequences differs significantly among vertebrates. BMC …
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Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… ] Yuhki N, Mullikin JC, Beck T, Stephens R and O'Brien SJ. Sequences, annotation and single nucleotide polymorphism of …