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inciampati on April 2, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The human genome is, at long last, complete

I think those will be saying "we have just begun the sequencing of the human pangenome".

The problem is endless. Life on earth is huge.

robwwilliams on April 3, 2022 [–]

One does not “sequence” a pangenome. Pangenomes are single graphical assemblies of many diverse genomes—ideally T2T genomes. Pangenome assemblies will improve accurate health care.

Pangenomes allow us to discard the kludge of a “reference” genome.

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