A pair of complementary bases (chemical units that form DNA) in a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule.
In DNA, the base adenine (A) always pairs with thymine (T) and the base cytosine (C) always pairs with guanine (G).
French and American scientists have published the entire genetic code of human chromosome 14, the largest of the 24 different human chromosomes. It is made up of over 87 million chemical letters (base-pairs) of DNA, and contains more than 60 genes known to be involved in diseases. Although a rough...
Last week saw the publication of the entire human genetic code, around three billion base pairs of DNA. The two draft versions, published by the Human Genome Project public consortium and US firm Celera Genomics, are both around 90 per cent complete. The results reveal that humans probably have around...
The UK's Sanger Centre, which has decoded a third of the human genetic code, will soon begin work on the zebrafish genome. The results of the project, which is to be funded by the Wellcome Trust, will be made freely available. Earlier this year, some scientists were concerned that the...
A rough draft of the entire human genetic code was unveiled today, hailed as 'Biology's Apollo landing', 'the outstanding achievement of human history' and even as 'the language in which God created Life' (Bill Clinton). Does the first proof of our DNA dictionary really deserve such hyperbole? After all, even...
The first 'rough draft' of the entire human genome sequence is complete, UK and US scientists announced today. The achievement is being hailed as one of the most significant scientific milestones of all time, comparable with the moon landing or the splitting of the atom. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair...
An international consortium has finished reading the entire genetic code of chromosome 21, the smallest human chromosome. It is the second human chromosome to be completely decoded, following the deciphering of chromosome 22 last December. The scientists, from Japan, Germany, France, Switzerland, the USA and the UK, will publish their...
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Patenting and Trademark Office (USPTO) are in disagreement over the patenting of genes with no known function, according to a news report in last week's Nature. USPTO officials say that patents can be granted on genes with no known function if...
The key to understanding the human genome will be sequencing the genome of the lab mouse, according to scientists attending the recent human genome meeting in Vancouver. 'That will be the Rosetta Stone in terms of interpreting the human genome', said Steven Jones of the Genome Sequence Centre in Vancouver...
The publicly-funded Human Genome Project (HGP) is on track to complete its first draft by the end of June, Francis Collins, director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute, announced last week. The first draft of the human genome will be available on the internet via GenBank, the HGP's...
Scientists have nearly finished sequencing the fruit fly genome, almost a year ahead of schedule. American firm Celera Genomics, along with the Berkley Drosophila Genome Project and The European Drosophila Project, will publish their joint results in the journal Science next month. The announcement boosts Celera's controversial claim that it...
Subscribe for free to what PET does best – informing you of the latest in fertility, genomics and embryo research.
