Genome Quotes
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Any virus that's been sequenced today - that genome can be made.
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My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced.
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We have learned nothing from the genome.
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Emotion is set in our genome and that we all have with a certain programmed nature that is modified by our experience so individually we have variations on the pattern. But in essence, your emotion of joy and mine are going to be extremely similar.
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We have Borna virus genes. We're part Borna virus, which is weird, but apparently our cells and our genomes in a weird way might actually be grabbing these viruses, grabbing genetic material from the viruses that are infecting it and pulling them into their own genome.
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Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key mutation (or, more probably, mutations) that set us apart—the mutations that make us the sort of creature that could wipe out its nearest relative, then dig up its bones and reassemble its genome.
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The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory. His creation is majestic, awesome, intricate, and beautiful.
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By comparing the human and chimp genomes, we can see the process of evolution clearly in the changes in DNA since we diverged from our common ancestor.
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When we look at chimpanzees . . . we get this extremely fine-grained view of evolution, and as a result we understand a lot more about the processes that are changing our own genome over time.
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Chimpanzees are especially suited to teach us about ourselves. Comparing the genomes will help us address the question of the specific things that make us human.
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When we look at chimpanzees . . . we get this extremely fine-grained view of evolution, and as a result we understand a lot more about the processes that are changing our own genome over time.
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“One key lesson learned from mapping the genome is that access to a rough initial map proved crucial to developing more detailed maps of small individual human differences.”
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When burned on a CD, the human genome is smaller than Microsoft Office.
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It turns out that viruses evolve from each other, like everything else. So if you look at the evolutionary tree of viruses, you can find parts of their genome that haven't changed over evolutionary time. You can recognize what may be a new virus by identifying this little piece of their genome that hasn't changed and is represented on the chip.
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Reading these two genomes side by side, it's amazing to see the evolutionary changes that are occurring. I couldn't imagine naturalist Charles Darwin looking for stronger confirmation of his theories.
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Viruses don't just make us sick. They can actually sometimes end up in our genomes.
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Of the more than 5,500 mammals living today, dogs are arguably the most remarkable. The incredible physical and behavioral diversity of dogs -- from Chihuahuas to Great Danes -- is encoded in their genomes. It can uniquely help us understand embryonic development, neurobiology, human disease and the basis of evolution.
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The dirty little secret of genomics is that we still know next to nothing about how a genome translates into the particularities of a living and breathing individual.
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From a genomic perspective, we are all Africans.
