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LD 30: Genetics 101

  • human -> cells -> nucleus -> chromosomes
  • chromosome is tightly coiled DNA, DNA is made up of 4 letters, AGTC
  • there are about 3 billion base pairs in Human DNA
  • structure of DNA was discovered in 1953 by Waton and Crick
  • Human genome was decoded, between 1900 to 2003, costs 2.7 billion (1991 dollars)
  • price is decreasing rapidly, cheap sequencing will enable precision medicine

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