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http://phys.org/news/2012-08-advance-near-instantaneous-dna-analysis.html
This development could put DNA analysis in every country doc's office.
This development could put DNA analysis in every country doc's office.
Originally posted by sonhouseThat's nothing, I read 'DNA' in about 0.1 of a second!
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-advance-near-instantaneous-dna-analysis.html
This development could put DNA analysis in every country doc's office.
Originally posted by sonhouseThe ready availability of DNA analysis will be a major revolution. It will affect us in ways we haven't yet dreamed about, but some of the things I can think of are:
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-advance-near-instantaneous-dna-analysis.html
This development could put DNA analysis in every country doc's office.
Originally posted by sonhouseFor all future spouses I think I should do a DNA test first. The question is whether or not our knowledge of DNA is good enough yet to actually decide what is good DNA for our children and what is not. And do we do compatibility tests with our own DNA?
And of course we all know, to get the bests genetics, choose the right parents🙂
Originally posted by twhiteheadPoint 3, I'd like to pick up on.
The ready availability of DNA analysis will be a major revolution. It will affect us in ways we haven't yet dreamed about, but some of the things I can think of are:
1. As mentioned in the article, the ability to identify diseases quickly and accurately.
2. The ability to identify genetic diseases and susceptibilities.
3. Far greater knowledge of the m ...[text shortened]... or example it will become quite easy for a father to check whether his children are really his.
Originally posted by Thequ1ck20 megs per person?
Point 3, I'd like to pick up on.
Another emerging field due to the spin-off tech's from the Human Genome is metagenomics
(the study of soil and sea samples (although, not limited to)).
The bottleneck at the moment is disseminating the information fast
enough to match the speed at which we're bringing it in
It's not the size of the data itself but ...[text shortened]... t you can fit the information to store
35 peoples entire DNA sequences onto a standard CD?!
Originally posted by Thequ1ckI don't think they even call it junk DNA anymore, I think they are called codons now, something like that.
Actually, my previous post was misleading, sorry. This is only information about the
coding sequences.
To store the entire genome is about 2-30 Terabytes (according to the article).
Personally, I think junk DNA is much more of interest.
Originally posted by sonhouseJunk DNA is particularly telling of our ancestry as it contains information about our
I don't think they even call it junk DNA anymore, I think they are called codons now, something like that.
Maybe not, here is a WIKI about junk dna:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noncoding_DNA
Originally posted by Thequ1ckThose same genes might be repository of survival techniques like reaction to cold or heat or other environmental stresses. They may activate when the person is confronted by some unusual condition.
Junk DNA is particularly telling of our ancestry as it contains information about our
past. Genes which fulfilled their purpose and were eventually switched off and left
to decay over time.
It's the ghost in the machine. It's the left-over bits when you've fixed the VCR.
There is a wealth of history stored in our junk DNA about our past and the genes
that used to be important for our survival.
Originally posted by sonhousePrecisely. Although the Intron sequences themselves lack the necessary codons to
Those same genes might be repository of survival techniques like reaction to cold or heat or other environmental stresses. They may activate when the person is confronted by some unusual condition.