Scientists in the USA announced for the first time that they have fully sequenced the human genome.
Within the scope of the Human Genome Project, which was initiated in 2003, an important step was taken by sequencing 92 percent of the human genome, while the remaining 8 percent had been studied for 19 years.
According to NTV; The study, by a team of nearly 100 scientists from the Telomer-Telomer (T2T) Consortium, revealed the complete human genome, the researchers said, for the first time in its entirety.
“Having this complete information will allow us to better understand how we came to be as individual organisms and how we differ not only among other humans but also among other species,” said Evan Eichler, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute researcher and lead researcher at the University of Washington.
The new research provides 400 million letters worth of an entire chromosome to previously sequenced DNA.
The fully identified complete genome will allow scientists to analyze how DNA differs between people and whether these genetic variations play a role in the disease.
“These genes turned out to be incredibly important for adaptation,” said Eichler in the study, published Thursday in Science.
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