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Geneticists sequence the complete human X chromosome for the first time – ZME Science
Researchers hope to completely sequence the other 23 chromosomes by the end of the year.
For the first time, scientists have determined the complete sequence of a human chromosome, namely the X chromosome, from ‘telomere to telomere’. This is truly a complete sequencing of a human chromosome, with no gaps in the base pair read and at an unprecedented level of accuracy.
A step closer towards the complete blueprint of a human being
The Human Genome Project was a 13-year-long, publicly funded project initiated in 1990 with the objective of determining the DNA sequence of the entire …
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