首例志愿者基因圖譜“繪制”
[ 2008-01-08 10:49 ]
繼2007年成功繪制全球首張黃種人基因圖譜后,深圳華大基因研究院5日在京宣布開(kāi)始繪制全球首位匿名志愿者的基因圖譜。那么,“繪制”基因圖譜怎么說(shuō)呢?
請(qǐng)看新華社的報(bào)道:
"We finished the sequencing of the first Han Chinese genome last October," said Dr. Wang Jian, director of The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI)’s Shenzhen branch, "but the genome is from a researcher."
"We need to establish the database of Chinese people's genomes in order to solve the problems related to Chinese-specific genetic diseases," said Wang.
深圳華大基因研究院院長(zhǎng)汪建博士表示,去年已經(jīng)成功繪制了全球首張黃種人基因圖譜,但是基因組來(lái)自于一位研究人員。汪博士說(shuō),“我們需要建立中國(guó)人自己的數(shù)據(jù)和參考樣本,才能解決中國(guó)人特有的疾病遺傳問(wèn)題?!?/p>
這里,繪制基因圖譜用sequence the genome 表達(dá),繪制基因圖譜即要對(duì)個(gè)體基因組測(cè)序,排序。Sequence可以用于生物化學(xué)領(lǐng)域,表示為確定(聚合物,例如核酸或蛋白質(zhì)分子)的成分順序”。如果想簡(jiǎn)單表達(dá)此意,也可以說(shuō)“map the genome”。
(英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津Celene編輯)
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