Creating A New Approach To Archiving Human Genetic Information

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Tue, 07/08/2008 - 09:45

How a genomic code is deciphered is traditionally left to professional annotators who use information from a number of sources (for instance, knowledge about similar genes in other organisms) to work out where a gene starts, stops and what it does.

Even the "gold standard" of professional annotation is an exceptionally slow process. However, new technology may provide a faster solution.

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