Audio long-read: A more-inclusive genome project aims to capture all of human diversity
Nature Podcast
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🗓️ 5 April 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
While current maps of the human genome provide researchers with a wealth of information, many argue that they do not adequately capture humanity’s vast diversity.
Now, a team are trying to build a more complete and representative map that shows the varieties of sequence that can be found in different populations. However, given the failings of other projects, some geneticists focused on the needs of Indigenous communities are wary of the initiative.
This is an audio version of our Feature: A more-inclusive genome project aims to capture all of human diversity
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| 1:04.4 | This is an audio long read from nature. |
| 1:07.0 | In this episode, a more inclusive genome project |
| 1:09.8 | aims to capture all of human diversity, |
| 1:12.8 | written by Roxanne Camsey and read by me, Benjamin Thompson. |
| 1:19.9 | Several years ago, after an exhaustive search for uncharted variation in the human genome, |
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