University of Southern California
Sequencing method yields fuller picture
Published in Genomics and Genetics Weekly, August 3rd, 2007
Their study appears in a recent issue of Genome Research.
The statistical method is significant because when researchers announce they have sequenced an organism’s genome, they really mean that they have created a mosaic of two chromosomes, said USC computational biologist Lei Li.
“A mosaic means it’s not real,” Li said.
Lead author and former graduate student Jong Hyun Kim, advised by Li and USC University Professor Michael Waterman, was able to infer a complete sequence of the chromosomes of...
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