- At one time, a single person’s genome was about $50,000 to decode. Now, it is about $5,000. Over the years, genome sequencing has also gotten much more effective since we can now do more with the results.
- The Human Genome Project (a three million dollar project) was based on a possible shortcut that is now seeming to be incorrect.
- The geneticists that are involved in the project assumed that mutations that caused common diseases were more frequent. Now, they believe that natural selection has ‘weeded out’ most of the bad mutations before they become too common.
- Right now, multigenerational families are next in line for genome sequencing.
- Geneticists are currently looking into how genes are passed from parent to child, where the mutations are, why the genes mutate where and when they do, and how often they occur.
KEY CONCLUSION:
Genome sequencing has come a long way since the beginning of the Human Genome Project. Geneticists are now know more from the results which makes the whole process much more efficient. This article helped me understand genome sequencing and relate it to what we learned in class (genes and genomes). Also, the geneticists believe that natural selection has made many of the genetic mutations in common diseases that ‘weed out’ any flawed genes before they become too common.
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