Part of: GS Prelims and GS III – Sci and tech; Biotechnology
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Researchers at the Telomere-to- Telomere Consortium, an international collaboration, have sequenced the first complete human reference genome.
About Genome Sequencing and genome
Genome Sequencing means deciphering the exact order of base pairs in an individual.
Genome is an organism’s complete set of DNA.
Human Genome contains about 3 billion base pairs.
Benefits of Genome Sequencing
Help in identifying genomic causes of rare diseases.
Improving the understanding of how virus spreads.
Identifying the genetic mutations
Various initiatives taken for genome Sequencing
IndiGen programme: Funded by the Council for scientific and Industrial Research to undertake whole genome sequences of 1000 Indian individuals representing diverse ethnic groups from India.
Genome India project by Department of Biotechnology which aims to collect 10,000 genetic samples from citizens across India
Human Genome Project: An international research to determine DNA sequence of the entire Human Genome. It began in 1999 and was completed in 2003.
