BEYOND
BASE-PAIRS: MAPPING THE FUNCTIONAL GENOME
Regulatory
Sequences of Mouse Genome Sequenced for First Time
New York,
NY and San Diego, Calif., July 1, 2012 -
Popularly dubbed “the book of life,” the human genome is extraordinarily
difficult to read. But without full knowledge of its grammar and syntax, the
genome’s 2.9 billion base-pairs of adenine and thymine, cytosine and guanine
provide limited insights into humanity’s underlying genetics.
In a paper
published online in the July 1 issue of the journal Nature, researchers at the
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the University of California, San
Diego School of Medicine open the book further, mapping for the first time a
significant portion of the functional sequences of the mouse genome, the most
widely used mammalian model organism in biomedical research.
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