Y chromosome has been fully sequenced

co-leader of the team that fully sequenced the y chromosome, a feat that finally completes the set of end-to-end human chromosomes and adds 30 million new bases to the human genome reference, mostly from challenging-to-sequence satellite DNA; these bases reveal 41 additional protein-coding genes, and provide crucial insight for those studying important questions related to reproduction, evolution, and population change; research also discovered that DNA from the y chromosome had been mistaken in previous studies as bacterial in nature

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Category:
Biomolecular Engineering

Completion Status:
yes

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