Genetics Review
PubMed Entrez BLAST OMIM Taxonomy Structure
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Course Description

Schedule

Introduction

Genetics Review

Types of Databases

Format of Sequence Record

Entrez

BLAST

3-D Structures

Genomes and Maps

Librarian Roles

WWW Sites

Glossaries and Dictionaries

 

Sequence Map back to top

Overlapping pieces of DNA spanning the entire chromosome.
(only a small fragment of human chromosome 18 shown below):

Source:  image from the Human Genome Sequencing web page for contig NT_002191 (10/3/99)

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Scale:  kilobases (Kb) or Megabases (Mb)

For additional examples of human contigs, see the Human Genome Sequencing web page for contig NT_000347 from Chromosome 7 (10/3/99)

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