Individual genomes targeted in sequencing revolution
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Solexa, a biotechnology start-up company based in Cambridge, England, claims that it has developed a technology that will enable an individual's genome to be sequenced in a few days. The current technology used in laboratories can take months to sequence a mammal's genome.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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Genetics group targets disease markers in the human sequence
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A consortium of public laboratories and biotechnology companies is being formed to map genetic markers. It is intended that 300,000 haplotypes will be available across the entire human genome for disease monitoring.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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A second-generation linkage map of the human genome
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The DNA molecules from eight large families were examined to produce a new linkage map of a portion of the human genome. Segregation analysis of 814 polymorphic loci with short tracts of (C-A)n repeats formed the map's basis. The 813 genetic markers were found to be classifiable into 23 linkage groups in association with 22 autosomes and the X chromosome. The new map with its informative markers may lead to a better understanding of some genetic disorders.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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