Genomes

• Genomes


  Entire genetic material of an organism
• Sequencing a genome means working out DNA base sequence of all the DNA in a cell
• Human genome took 13 years to sequence, completed in 2003
• Methods of sequencing are continuously improved and automated
• Simpler organisms have no introns, the genome can be used to directly sequence the proteins (proteome)

  • Useful to identify potential antigens in vaccine