https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/ungapped/Recent content in Ungapped on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/the_human_genome_was_just_completed_again/Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/the_human_genome_was_just_completed_again/<p>More than 20 years ago, the human genome was</p> <p><em><strong>completed</strong></em></p> <p>(Lander et al., 2001) by the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/grc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Genome Reference Consortium&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> (GRC). This assembly is known as the GRCh38 reference sequence. Although it is based on DNA from an anonymous group of donors, ⅔ of its sequence is derived from one single male donor of African-European ancestry (Genome Reference Consortium, 2023).*</p>