A History of Genomics across Species, Communities and Projects

This open access book offers a comprehensive overview of the history of genomics across three different species and four decades, from the 1980s to the recent past. It takes an inclusive approach in order to capture not only the international initiatives to map and sequence the genomes of various or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: García-Sancho, Miguel, 1978- author (author), Lowe, James. author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Series:Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History,
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009741106806719
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part I. The Diversity of Genomics
  • Chapter 2. Distributed and Concentrated Strategies in the Sequencing of the Yeast Genome
  • Chapter 3. The Human Genome Project(s)
  • Part II. Communities and Reference Genomes
  • Chapter 4. The Funnelling Effect of the Sanger Institute
  • Chapter 5. The Pig Community and Their Reference Genome
  • Part III. Contextualising and Enhancing Reference Genomes
  • Chapter 6. Making Reference Genomes Useful: Annotation
  • Chapter 7. Improving and Going Beyond Reference Genomes
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion.