Human whole genome sequencing in South Africa

Human whole-genome shotgun sequencing.

Large-scale sequencing of the human genome is now under way (Boguski et al. 1996; Marshall and Pennisi 1996). Although at the beginning of the Genome Project, many doubted the scientific value of sequencing the entire human genome, these doubts have evaporated almost entirely (Gibbs 1995; Olson 1995). Primary reasons for generating the human genomic sequence are listed in Table 1. The approach ...

Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Sapovirus Detected in South Korea

Sapovirus (SaV), a virus residing in the intestines, is one of the important causes of gastroenteritis in human beings. Human SaV genomes are classified into various genogroups and genotypes. Whole-genome analysis and phylogenetic analysis of ROK62, the SaV isolated in South Korea, were carried out. The ROK62 genome of 7429 nucleotides contains 3 open-reading frames (ORF). The genotype of ROK62...

Whole Genome Sequencing: An Efficient Approach in Food Safety Management System

Whole-Genome Bisulfite Sequencing

Next-generation sequencing technology has enabled genome-wide analysis of 5mC nucleotides at single-nucleotide resolution. Previous methods for whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) yielded reduced genomic representation due to required DNA shearing, ligation of methylated sequencing adapters, and bisulfite conversion of unmethylated cytidine residues prior to sequencing. One disadvantage of...

Whole-genome re-sequencing.

DNA sequencing can be used to gain important information on genes, genetic variation and gene function for biological and medical studies. The growing collection of publicly available reference genome sequences will underpin a new era of whole genome re-sequencing, but sequencing costs need to fall and throughput needs to rise by several orders of magnitude. Novel technologies are being develop...