Scientists release a new human “pangenome” reference (IMAGE)

NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute

Scientists release a new human “pangenome” reference

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Researchers have released a new high-quality collection of reference human genome sequences that captures substantially more diversity from different human populations than what was previously available.

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Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH

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