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A Timeline of Steep Fall in Human Genome Sequencing Costs

November 30, 2018No Commentsexome sequencing, genome sequencing costs

DNA sequencing costs are typically compared on the basis of the cost of determining one mega base of DNA sequence and the cost of human-sized genome sequencing. The primary reasons for a change in pricing is largely due to the…

The Use of Transcriptome Data to Understand the Function of Genes

November 23, 2018No CommentsGene mapping, RNA sequencing, RNA-Seq, Transcriptome analysis

The transcripts or gene readouts that form the transcriptome are central to the activity of building and maintaining cells. An RNA sequence shows the exact sequence of the DNA, and the analysis of the sequence helps in determining the exact…