This dataset of high-quality genome sequences from diverse human populations around the world was released with the high coverage Neandertal genome paper: Prüfer, K. et al. The complete genome ...

Researchers have significantly expanded the catalogue of known human genetic variation. The resulting datasets, shared in two back-to-back publications in the journal Nature, constitute what may be ...

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You know what the Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) is implicitly, they're the list of populations you've seen in many human genetics papers already. Now the ...

The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at ...

With rapid progress in sequencing technologies and the successful completion of the project’s pilot phase, the effort to map the human genetic blueprint gained significant momentum. This acceleration ...

The entire human genome requires three gigabytes of computer data storage space. (One million base pairs of sequence data ...

Henry T. Greely, Ethical Issues in the Human Genome Diversity Project, in The Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Biotechnology, 2000.

Scientists have identified an unexpected source of genetic variation in human sperm that occurs earlier in sperm development than previously thought. Published in Nature, researchers at the Wellcome ...