Scientists find the last remnants of the human genome that were missing in the Y chromosome

By Lluís Montoliu, Investigador científico del CSIC, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB - CSIC)

More than 20 years ago, the human genome was first sequenced. While the first version was full of “holes” representing missing DNA sequences, the genome has been gradually improved in successive rounds. Each has increased the quality of the genome and, in so doing, resolved most of the blank spaces that prevented us from having a complete reading of our genetic material.

The fundamental difficulty researchers faced in reading the genome from end to…

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