human genome

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Introduction

The human genome contains > 2.85 billion nucleotides & contains an estimated 30,000 genes^[2] & about 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes^[1]

Analysis of individual human genomes may form the basis for personalized medicine^[3]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium. Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome. Nature. 2004 Oct 21;431(7011):931-45. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15496913
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Microarrays for the Neurosciences, Geschwind DH & Greg JP (eds), MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2002
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Ashley EA et al. Clinical assessment incorporating a personal genome. Lancet 2010 May 1; 375:1525. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20435227
Samani NJ et al. The personal genome - The future of personalised medicine? Lancet 2010 May 1; 375:1497.
↑ Nurk S, Koren S, Rhie A et al The complete sequence of a human genome. bioRxiv 2021 May 27. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.26.445798v1.full