DNA 'Reference Guide' Expanded to Reflect Human Diversity - New Delhi Times - India Only International Newspaper

For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person's full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as "the guy from Buffalo." But they've long known that this template for comparison, or "reference genome," has serious limits because it doesn't reflect the spectrum…

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