Genome Sequencing Projects

A genome contains all of the genes within an organism Advances in technology have allowed scientists to map and sequence the genes within an organism's genome Genome sequencing can aid the understanding of gene function and interaction Sequencing projects have read the genomes of a wide range of organisms from flatworms to humans A genome project works by collecting DNA samples from many individuals of a species. These DNA samples are then sequenced and compared to create a reference genome More than one individual is used to create the reference genome as one organism may have anomalies/mutations in their DNA sequence that are atypical of the species