Genome Book (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Genome Book

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The 'book analogy' is a popular way of explaining genome changes. If the human genome is considered a book, a new NIST-developed benchmark will help scientists better detect large chapters that are missing (deleted chapters) or not in the original (inserted chapters).

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N. Hanacek/NIST

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