Posts Tagged ‘Genomes’

Double-stranded RNA viruses


Double-stranded waffle viruses
Electron micrograph of rotaviruses. The bar = 100 nm
Electron micrograph of rotaviruses.

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Genomics


Genomics is the study of an organism’s entire genome. The field includes intensive efforts to determine the entire DNA sequence of organisms and fine-scale genetic mapping efforts.

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The 1000 Genomes Project

The 1000 Genomes Project, launched in January 2008, is an international research effort to establish by far the most detailed catalogue of human genetic variation.

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Human genetic variation

Human genetic variation is the natural variation in gene frequencies observed between the genomes of individuals or groups of humans. Variation can be measured at both the individual level (differences between individual people) and at the population level, i.e.

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