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What exactly is "Whole-genome sequencing"?
Newbie question: For few years I have seen news like “Whole-genome sequencing” is now under $1000 etc. I believed that this means all the base pairs of all chromatids in a single cell are identified ...
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Is there a term for a sequence of genomes for a family?
Suppose that I am following how a "familial" genome changes throughout generations. That is, I have the genome of a grandmother, father, and daughter, and my objective is to see how the ...
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How can "position" be measure by bp unit?
In "[Genomics: A Very Short Introduction]" by John Archibald, the author discusses the CNV:
Whole-genome re-sequencing is fast becoming the norm in the field of human comparative genomics. ...
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Targeted gene sequencing and specialist analysis compared to WGS and DYI searches
There seem to be a lot of "genetic consulting" services that focus on things like cancer, with a modus operandi of:
Do targeted gene sequencing (usually on a few tumor suppressor genes ...
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Do 0.2 vs 0.5 ml epitubes require different PCR machines, incubators, etc?
Eppendorf themselves and many other companies list on their website two above mentioned sizes of "PCR tubes". As I understand 0.2 ml is by far more widespread and "standard" for ...
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Gene Sequencing [closed]
The human genome project took an effort of around 15 years, billions of dollars and thousands of scientists working together.
So how is that the genetic sequencing of covid variants could be done at ...
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How many MAOA alleles are there?
The question is about the human gene MAOA.
I've seen MAOA-H and MAOA-L mentioned in papers.
The page https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?db=core;g=ENSG00000189221;r=X:43654907-43746824 ...
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Would it be possible to sequence human DNA from wastewater treatment plants?
I know that there are some efforts from scientists working with bladder cancer to perform liquid biopsy from urine for detection and monitoring of the cancer such as this one.
I've been searching ...
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Is there any way to identify if chromosomes are inherited from the same parent?
I'm a PhD student in bioinformatics working on genomic data, and I was wondering:
If I have access to a person's chromosomes, is there an assay that can determine that two chromosomes come from the ...
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What can you learn about someone's mother and father by examining their DNA?
Disclaimer: I ask this question from the position of having paid absolutely no attention throughout school/highschool science classes. I am incredibly ignorant, but I don't know how to find the answer ...
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Are there any animals whose genome haven't been sequenced yet? [closed]
I referred to a few websites and it seems like almost every animal's genome has been sequenced. However, are there any animals that haven't yet been sequenced? If so, can you provide the list here or ...
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How to identify an unknown species from its genome sequence [closed]
I am currently using ILLUMINA PE DNA sequence data, which I trimmed (Trimmomatic), corrected (Rcorrector) and assembled (SPAdes). I am now interested in using the genetic sequences from my contigs to ...
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Help Finding Specific BlaZ Gene Type Sequences on Genbank
I am doing an undergraduate research project that involves blaZ gene typing for different strain types of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria; for reference, here are some of papers on this topic that ...
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Is this basic gene diagram correctly labeled?
I keep seeing this gene diagram, and I am not sure how to interpret it. I don't know what this diagram is called or where it was first depicted, but in the second picture, I have labeled it with what ...
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Are the alleles that code for the same phenotype all the same exact sequence?
The idea that you can be homozygous for a gene means that there are limited options or alleles , correct ?
My question is, if the mom has the allele b which codes for a blue eye, and the dad has an ...
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