The need for diversity in genome sequencing | DW | 19.07.2022 - DW (English)
7/19/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)
by Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)
A majority of the DNA that has been sequenced for research comes from donors of European ancestry. That causes a knowledge gap about the genome of people from the rest of the world.
Among various things that unite humans around the world, the DNA sequence hovers at the top: a whopping 99.9% of human DNA sequences are identical among people. Gregor Mendel, a monk and scientist … [+9856 chars]
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