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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7011
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-21
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers approximately 99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of approximately 1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human genome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
431
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
931-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Centromere, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Chromosomes, Human, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Euchromatin, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Gene Duplication, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Genome, Human, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Heterochromatin, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Human Genome Project, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Physical Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Pseudogenes, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Research Design, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:15496913-Telomere
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome.
pubmed:affiliation
A list of authors and their affiliations appears in the Supplementary Information.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't