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| In 1994, it was the germ that causes the flu. In 2000, it was human beings. Then mice, rice, and in early 2004, dogs. Call it a map, a diagram, a pattern, a problem, a miracle: it's genomics. |
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See the gray "hair" on the Pompeii worm's back? That's actually bacteria. Find out why these microbes are such a hot topic for Extreme 2004. |
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| A genome map
may not
be as detailed as a road map, but it can help scientists find their way
around an organism's vast code of genetic information. |
Each
cell in our bodies contains our genome, a genetic code of over 3 billion
letters contained in DNA. Sequencing DNA means figuring out what
order the letters appear in. How do scientists sort it all out? |
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Researchers
completed a first draft of the dog genome in July 2004. What breed did
they select for sequencing? |
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| Copyright
University of Delaware, November 2004 |
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