The Human Genome Project, which began in the 1990s, was Homo sapiens’ successful attempt to map out the entirety of our species’ DNA. It produced the human reference genome, a finely polished ...

Lung function, as measured by spirometry, predicts morbidity and mortality 1,2. Altered lung function is a key criterion for the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a leading ...

Reference genome assemblies provide a map of a species’ DNA sequence and its spatial context—that is, where along the chromosomes a specific piece of DNA sequence can be found. In the past, the ...